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peter out: to dwindle. 



pail: to milk, as, to pail the cow. (Penn.) 



possessed: anything, as, He acted like 'all possessed.' • ' 



quill: to write. {^The Writey-.') 



quill-wheel: a 'rattle-trap' wagon. 



ruther: choice, as, If I had my ruther; also, druther. 



ride and tie, verbal phrase, describing a mode of travel in which 

 one vehicle is used by two sets of people, one riding ahead ^ given 

 distance and tying the team where the others who have walked will 

 come up to it, the first walking on ahead until overtaken and passed 

 by the second, and so on. (Colorado.) 



red up: to make tidy. 



ring off: to desist or cease talking, technical phrase from the tele- 

 phone, but passed into common usage. Comp., "saw off. " ■ : 



rUCUS: quarrel, rumpus. 



Saddy: thanks, thank you. (Penn.) 



saw off: 'ring off;' a short person is said to look 'sawed off.* 



Shet, shut, shed: rid, as, to get shut of anything. 



shear off: to pour off (water from settlings). (Ohio.) 



shapin's: young peas and beans — the unfilled pod. (Arkansas.) 



should have said: said, as, He should have said yes, i. e,, 

 indeed he said yes. • 



shin: to climb, as, to shin up a tree. 



shut off: to make to stop talking, as. Do shut him off. 



shebang: anything run-down, as house, carriage, affairs. •• 



SCrOOCh or SCrOOge: to cringe. 



skin-away: a small boy. (Civilized Sac Indians.) ■ 



skin: to run, as. Skin out, i. e., run away. 



skid: to sneak through examinations. (Yale.) 



skid: a sharp-pointed instrument. 



skit: a mild lie. 



skads: great quantities, as, Skads of money, of books, etc.; 

 also = money, as. He hasn't the skads. 



singed cat: a shrewd 'rustler,' of unpretentious appearance. 



skulduggery: knavery. - 



skip: to run away, as. Now skip, i. e.. Go away from here. 



skip: to leave hastily, as. He skipped the town. 



slouch: a gawky fellow; then anything imperfect, as, in the phrase. 

 He's no slouch, i. e., He is an expert; no slouch of a horse, i. e., a 

 first-rate horse. 



sloomiky: not neat 



slander: to saunter. 



slump: to fail to meet requirements, as, in examinatioas. 



