melodeum melodeon; a small keyboard organ.
mesmerism hypnotism.
Methusalem Methuselah, one of the biblical patriarchs who was said to live 969 years.
mud-cat a catfish.
Muddy the Mississippi River.
muggins a fool.
mulatter mulatto, a person who has one black parent and one white parent.
mullen stalks stalks of the mullein, a tall plant of the figwort family, with spikes of yellow, lavender, or white flowers.
mushmelon a cantaloupe or other moderate sized melon.
the nation slang for "damnation."
Navarre historical region and former kingdom in northeast Spain and southwest France.
Nebokoodneezer Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia who conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and deported many Jews into Babylonia (586 bc).
niggers niggar, originally a dialectal variant of Negro, the term is a derogatory and vulgar racial slur directed primarily toward African Americans.
nip and tuck so close that the outcome is uncertain.
obsequies funeral rites or ceremonies.
