Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-10
THE REVISED DICTIONARY.
Some of the Notable New Words Added TO
the Vocabulary.


President Porter, of Yale, assisted by
large corps Of trained scholars, is prepar-
ing complete revision of Wcbster's I'm.
abridged Dictionary. The forthcomin G
edition of the great work is to contain a
number of words not to be found in the
present Dictionary, and Mr.. Porter is dis
inclined to furnish any specific informa-
ton in relation to the stupendous project
in hand. In order to relieve the Presi.
dent from the suspicion which might 9TH
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of which the extracts given below are a
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what is true of Mr.. Porter is true also of
each and every editor associated with
him. These gentlemen will be as much
surprised as anybody else, when they
come to cast their eyes upon the speci-
men fruits of their skillful labors set
forth below
DUDE, n. sometimes written DoDo.
The name applied to a breed of dainty
puppies, indigenous to the United States.
The dude is generally slim legged ard
not unfrequently is long. Easily
distinguishable by the lightness of its
head. Can be trained to fetch and car
ry cane. The dude is harmless.
MUGWUMP, n. From mug, face, and
wumpo, an Indian verb meaning to
make
1. A man that makes faces at his fel-
lows.
g A set of perfectionists who believe
that the will of the majority is entitled to
respect provided that they furnish the
will.
g. See PHARIsEE.
A. See SoREHEAD.
MUGWUMP, .. /. limp, and p. p.
MUGwUMPED. To bolt, to kick over
the traces, to turn ones coat. "The
Ne1 York Times MuowUMPED the Re
publican ticket in 1884 and the Demo
cratic ticket in 1886"
MUGWUMP, adj. [compar MUGwUM-
PIER; superl. MUGwUMPIEsT; or coaapar.
CRANKIER supeH CRANKIEsT. The
latter form is preferred by the best po-
litical writers.
MILK, n. German melk, Polish and
Bohemian melk0. See also pump and
its derivaties Apowerful opiate en-
ployed by surface railroad magnates to
cure too acute an insomnia of the men,
ory. See ]. SHARP.
GARLAND, n. spanish, guarlaadd;
Italian, ghirlanda; Arkansas, q. j. gar.
land.
/. A wreath or chaplet made of branch
es, flowers or feathers. Pope.
2. A dead duck sometimes found ling.
eling superfluous in an Attorney Generals
office Uncle Sam.
8. See REFORM.
BOYCOTT, n. An ingenious device to
stimulate the sale of bread, cake, gin.
gersnaps, cookies and cognate edibles
in struggling but deserving bakeries
The word was once used to denote a
contrivancc to injure the business Of a
community. But that definition is now
obsolete.
CABINET, n. French, cabinct; Span.
ish, gdbinete,
/. A coign of vantage from which the
resources Of a government can be en-.
ployed against n telephone company for
the benefit of an impecunious rival.
g See PUBLIC OFFICE is A PUBLIC
TRUST.
JEFFERSONIAN s SIMPLICI u.
This word, as will naturally occur to
the thoughtful, is simply the union of
the proper noun Jefferson and the com.
mon noun simplicity. French, simpH.
cite, Latin, simplicita9 Mr.. Jefferson is
celebrated as statesman, who left
mantle that is nineteen sizes too big for
any living member of his party
/. A general name applied to the 2S va.
rieties of PIE French, pie; Latin, pica)
that are served at breakfast and dinner at
the White House, U. S. A.
2. A fanciful name for official favor
"Why doesn't Mr.. Cleveland hand out
more pie to the boysY"-4im Campbell.
BLO0DYSHIRT, n. Any protest from
the North against the ostentations pub
lie uttcrances of reasonable sentiments
at the South. The student must note
fine distinction just here. The utter.
ance of reasonable sentiments at the
South is never to be defined as case of
bloodyshirt. 1t is invariably the par.
donable expression of spontaneous
feeling of an impulsive people.
INN0CUOUSDESUETUDE, n. This
word is the outcome of the rigid appli.
cation of the principle of Jeffersonan
simplicity to verbal expression
l. A desuetude Of which innocuousness
can be predicated.
9. Innocuousness when employed to
modify desuetude.
3. The state or condition in which the
influence of the independent" voter
with the President found itself in the
spring Of 1886.
FOLSOM, proper n. A name applied to
the first lady Of the United States. be.
fore her marriage. See CLEVELAND.
Or in Clevcland's S absence ask for Col.
onoI T.omout