Some

Somewhat, to some extent; often used in the sense of greatly, considerably.

1785.  A tall fellow,… stammers some in his speech.—Runaway advt. in the Mass. Spy, April 28.

1817.  His clothes were some bloody.—Id., Oct. 1.

1819.  $150 Reward … Virgil, a stout built, likely fellow, about 30 years of age,… has worked some at the blacksmith’s trade.—St. Louis Enquirer, Oct. 23.

1825.  [You are] on the huffy order, some, to-night?—John Neal, ‘Brother Jonathan,’ iii. 385.

1826.  The hog did squeal some, it must be confessed; but not more than the occasion seemed to justify.—Mass. Spy, June 21.

1829.  The fishes must have stared some, I reckon, when [Sam Patch] popped in so suddenly upon the unvisited kingdom.—Letter to N.Y. Commercial Advertiser, dated Oct. 8.

1836.  “I have practised drawing some,” said Joan.—Boston Pearl, Jan. 2.

1840.  I should think your dam was broke some; I see the water in the creek looks dreadful muddy.—Mrs. Kirkland, ‘A New Home,’ p. 205.

1841.  His hair was some inclined to grey.—A. G. Greene, ‘Old Grimes.’ [See Appendix XVI.]

1843.  He tried gammon some, but Smutch and I was too much for him.—Cornelius Mathews, ‘Writings,’ p. 273.

1843.  He had travelled some upon the Eastern continent, and that, with him, was proof positive that he was “a gentleman, and scholar.”—‘Lowell Offering,’ iii. 107.

1847.  A long, lanky, cadaverous lawyer, who was death on a speech, powerful in chewing tobacco, and some at a whisky drinking.—Robb, ‘Streaks of Squatter Life,’ &c., p. 30 (Phila.).

1847.  I’m some in a bar fight, and considerable among panters, but I warn’t no whar in that fight with Jess.—Id., p. 132.

1849.  We don’t remember a closer or severer winter since that in which the old Tribune office burned down, which was admitted by the oldest inhabitant to be some in the way of cold winters.—N.Y. Tribune, May 15 (Bartlett).

1849.  I think he ’s crazy, some, Doctor.—Knick. Mag., xxxiv. 208 (Sept.).

1851.  Squire P. had a daughter, and the said daughter was “some.”—‘Polly Peablossom’s Wedding,’ &c., p. 160.

1852.  Colonel Easy had inherited an easy property, and, when young, dashed some.—Knick. Mag., xxxix. 432 (May).

1852.  Several persons were named as being ‘some’ in a ‘rough-and-tumble’ fight.—Id., xl. 547 (Dec.).

1853.  We heard a story the other night, that we thought “some” at the time.—Daily Morning Herald, St. Louis, Jan. 14.

1853.  Hurrah for our captain! He’s some in a brier-patch!—C. W. Webber, ‘Tales of the Southern Border, p. 173 (Phila.). (Italics in the original.)

1854.  They certainly are more than ‘some’ out west.—Knick. Mag., xliii. 323 (March).

1854.  [He] is some on flattery, especially when he has an ax to grind.—Weekly Oregonian, Dec. 9.

1855.  As he is rather a gay lark, I think I shall avoid him some.—D. G. Mitchell, ‘Fudge Doings,’ i. 68.

1856.  Hiram was some on horses, numerous at billiards, immense at ten-pins, and upward of considerable among the politicians.—Knick. Mag., xlvii. 271 (March). (Italics in the original.)

1857.  I always have said, and always will say, till I die, although we did get licked some at first, we beat them d——d Britishers in the long run.—Id., l. 1 (July). (Italics in the original.)

1857.  I’ve a tolerably thick hide, but if they [the mosquitoes] didn’t bite me some, I wouldn’t say so…. May be we didn’t kick and tussle about, and tear up the sand on the beach of the lake some!—S. H. Hammond, ‘Wild Northern Scenes,’ pp. 170–1. (Italics in the original.)

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1862.  See JAYHAWKER.

1866.  For five dollars a lawyer can luminize some, and more akkordin to pay.—C. H. Smith, ‘Bill Arp,’ p. 166.

1878.  I’ve wrastled some after godliness along back.—Rose T. Cooke, ‘Happy Dodd,’ chap. xxx.

1907.  The Philippine Islands are a practice-ground for our military, which would cost some less if at home, but not much.—The Oregonian, Sept. 30.

^*_*^* See also Appendix XVI.