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pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] word occurs in this

sense in the "English. Dialect Dictionary." It is not, perhaps, properly speaking, a dialect word, but it is said to be in general slang use. The word " boss-eyed " (cross-eyed, having a squint) is also registered as in slang use in the Southern and Midland counties. The "English Dialect Dictionary" gives many glossaries as authorities for the use of this word.—I am, Sir, &c.,

A. L. MAYnnw.

Oxford.