Crossword-Solution: SLUP 4 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

You see, when the watter came on him so strong that his hoose began to slup away, he took two of his oxen an' he tied them together wi' ropes, an' put planks on their backs, which he also tied; ay! an' so he made a sort of livin' stage, on which he sat his wife and four children; two of them wass poys and the other two wass girls, whatever.

Gif way, boys; an', Tonal', make for that landin'-slup--it must either be a naitural wan, or the Redskins hev made it for us." By that time the natives, having observed the boat, had launched several of their canoes.

Who could mistake the meaning of such detached phrases and epithets as these--'Daring fellow,' 'Scotch dog,' 'British slup,' and 'Steel fix him.' And who can realize the internal emotion of him whom they immediately and unmistakably concerned? But the fates being propitious, the posse of cavalry resumed their course, first in a slow pace, and afterwards in a lively canter, until they were out of sight and out of hearing.