| babbly | Full of or characterized by babble; of the nature of babble; (also) given to babbling. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| bach | U.S. slang. A bachelor; old bach, a confirmed bachelor. Also phr. to keep bach for earlier to keep… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| back-action | Backward or reverse action, as in a machine. Also attrib. and fig. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| ballyhoo | A vessel which is worn-out, slovenly, run-down, or otherwise disliked. Cf. ballyhoo of blazes n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| b'hoy | = boy n. 5b(a); a gay or spirited fellow. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| blamed | adv. Confoundedly, excessively. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| crinkleroot | A toothwort or pepper root (genus Cardamine, family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)). | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| Cunarder | A Cunard steamer; one of a line of steam-ships between Liverpool and New York. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| fess | Aphetic for confess v. Freq. with up. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| fine-cut | Finely cut, delicately chiselled. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| gang-plank | A landing-plank; a gang-board. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| 'gator | Colloq. abbrev. of alligator n. orig. U.S. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| go-devil | A name for various contrivances used in farming, logging, drilling for oil, etc. (see quots.). | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| Graham | Used attrib. to designate unbolted wheaten flour, and bread or biscuit prepared from this. Also absol. = Graham bread. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| hard-tack | Ship-biscuit; hence, ordinary sea fare in general. Also, hard bread or biscuits generally. Also fig. and attrib. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| haw | intr. Of a horse or team: to turn to the left. Also fig. (see quot. 1864). | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| haw | A call used to direct a horse or team to turn to the left. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| hay-foot | hay-foot, straw-foot: with right and left foot alternately (at the word of command). Also as v. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| hold-up | A stoppage or check in the passage or progress of a person or thing; a temporary… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| hornist | One who plays a horn; a performer on the (French) horn. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| indeedy | Used as an emphatic affirmative (or negative), esp. after yes (or no): indeed, certainly. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| kitchen stove | A stove in a kitchen. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| lagniappe | Something given over and above what is purchased, earned, etc., to make good measure or by way of gratuity. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| mailer | orig. U.S. A boat which carries the mail; a mail boat. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| mathematicized | Made mathematical or proficient in mathematics; rendered in terms of mathematics. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| mixologist | A person who is skilled in mixing drinks; a bartender. Cf. mixer n. 1b. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| mound builder | Archaeol. Freq. with capital initial. Originally: a member of a presumed prehistoric… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| mule-killer | slang. A kind of cart or wagon. Obs. rare. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| newsprint | Originally (now rare): a news sheet or newspaper. Now usually: cheap, low-quality paper… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| New Year's | New Year's Day. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| noo | = new adj. In early use chiefly in representations of spoken place names, as Noo Yawk, Noo Orleans… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| no smoking | A formula used, esp. on a sign, notice, etc., to indicate that smoking is not permitted. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| outcamp | A camp at some distance from a main camp. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| overcoloured | Excessively coloured; (chiefly in extended use) represented too strongly or in an exaggerated way. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| pantalettes | Long, loose pants with a frill or ruffle at the bottom of each leg, showing beneath a… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| panties | Men's trousers or shorts; boy's short trousers. Usu. in derogatory contexts. Now rare. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| pap | A father. Chiefly used in the vocative, or preceded by a possessive adjective (as ‘my… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| pikeman | The keeper of a turnpike. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| pillioned | Equipped with a pillion; carried on a pillion. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| plum duff | A rich boiled or steamed suet pudding made with raisins, currants, spices, and other ingredients; a plum pudding. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| rawhiding | U.S. The action or an act of beating a person or animal severely with a rawhide whip; = hiding… | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| recognizingly | With recognition. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| regalism | Monarchical government; advocacy of or support for this, royalism. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| regrouping | The action of regroup v.; an instance of this. Also: a grouping so made. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Republicratic | Of or relating to Republicrats. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| resignal | trans. To signal back or again (in various senses of the verb). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| riddlesome | Perplexing, enigmatic. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| routine | intr. To follow a routine. Obs. rare. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| sawbuck | Ten dollars; a ten-dollar note. Also double saw-buck double saw n. at double adj. adv. 1. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| seafood | Food obtained from the sea; fish, crustacea, etc., used as food. Freq. attrib. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| shore-going | Going ashore (from the sea); living on shore. (Cf. sea-going n.) | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| shut-down | A shutting down; the closing for a time of a factory, etc. Also attrib. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| snicker | A smothered laugh; a snigger. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| sog | A large whale. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| sonny | A small boy. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| spitball | A spittle-ball (spittle-ball n. at spittle n. 1), esp. one thrown as a missile by a schoolchild. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| squatting | Occupying land as a squatter or squatters. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| squizzed | Drunk, tipsy. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| stumpage | The price paid for standing timber; also, a tax charged in some States for the privilege of cutting timber on State lands. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| supersessionist | A person who advocates the removal of another from an office or position of… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| technify | trans. To make technical; to adopt or cause to adopt technology or technical methods. Also intr. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| throater | A throating-knife: see throating-knife n. at throating n. Compounds; also, a man who… | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| time-warped | Warped or distorted by the passing of time. Also fig. Now rare. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| toggle | trans. To secure or make fast by means of a toggle or toggles. Also fig. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| truckster | A base trafficker; cf. truck v. 3. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| tutti-frutti | attrib. and transf. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| ululu | A wailing cry; a wail of lamentation. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| underbit | An earmark to indicate ownership, made on the lower part of the ear of cattle. Cf. under-bitted adj., underkeel n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| unwhisperable | Trousers. slang. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| vamoose | intr. To depart, make off, decamp, disappear. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| zip | intr. to make the sound expressed by ‘zip’; also to move briskly or with speed. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
