avast:  (Nautical) term used as a command to stop or cease

barnacle:  A marine shellfish that attaches itself to rocks, ship bottoms, etc

bedraggled dragon:  An unkempt dragon

bilge:  The rounded part of a ship’s bottom

bilge rat:  (see above)

bobtail wildcat:  A wildcat with a short or docked tail

bow-legged varmint:  A varmint with bowlegs

buccaneer:  A pirate or freebooter (freebooter:  One who plunders, especially a pirate or buccaneer)

bush-whackin’:  Attacked or fired upon from hiding ambush

carpet-bagger:  (fur-bearin’)  One of the Northern adventurers who sought to gain advantages in the South from the unsettled conditions that prevailed there after the Civil War; any opportunistic or exploitive outsider

Chilikoot Sam:  (Chilkoot Pass/Trail)  A mountain pass from SE Alaska to the Yukon valley

Chiney:  Slang > China

claimjumper:  One who seizes another’s mining claim

double-crosser:  One who engages in a betrayal; a treacherous act

epicure:  A connoisseur; one who cultivates refined tastes, especially in reference to food and drink

Edward Everett Horton:  An American character actor in film, theater, television, radio and voice work for animated cartoons

flat-footed varmint:  A varmint with flat feet

flea-bitten varmint:  Bitten by fleas; also, covered with fleas

four bits:  Slang > 50 cents

fur-bearin’ critter:  Any furry critter or animal

galoot:  An awkward or uncouth fellow

hammerhead halibut:  A halibut with a laterally expanded head

hankerin’:  A yearning, craving

hapus corpeas:  (habeas-corpus)  A writ commanding a person who detains another to produce the detained person before a court

hasenpfefer:  A highly seasoned dish made of marinated rabbit, braised and simmered

Hessian:  A soldier from Hesse hired by the British to fight in the American Revolution, mercenary

hombre:  Slang > Man; fellow

horny-toad:  Slang > horned-toad:  A harmless, flat-bodied, spiny lizard with a short tail and toad-like appearance 

idgit:  Slang > An idiot

keel-haul:  To haul (a man) under water from one side of a ship to the other, or from stem to stern as a torture or punishment

land-lubber:  An awkward or inexperienced person on board a ship

lily-livered:  Cowardly; fainthearted

long eared galoot:  A long eared awkward or uncouth fellow

lop-eared pole cat:  A skunk with drooping or pendulous ears

mouth piece:  Slang > A lawyer, especially a criminal lawyer

muley headed maverick:  Hornless maverick

namby pamby:  A person who engages in acts of cowardace, shyness, or stupidity … wimpy

Oooooooooooooooooo!  Righteous indignation

ornery:  Disposed to be contrary or stubborn, hard to manage

Pecos:  (River)  The principal tributary of the Rio Grande, flowing 926 miles from New Mexico to Western Texas

piana:  Slang > piano

riff raff:  (Sam)  A person regarded as disreputable, rabble

Rio Grande:  (River)  A river flowing 1,800 miles, generally SE from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico and forming the boundary between Texas and Mexico

Schmatterhorn: > (Matterhorn)  A mountain in the Alps on the Swiss-Italian border: 14,701 ft.

scupper(s):  A hole or gutter along the side of a ship’s deck, to let water run off

sea goin’:  (Sam)  Designed or fit for going to sea, seafaring

shovel-nosed mackerel:  A mackerel with a shovel-like or broad flattened snout

six-shooter:  A revolver that may be fired six times without reloading

skin-box:  Slang > banjo

slap leather:  To pull out your gun in a gun fight, preferably a six-shooter

smithereenies:  Slang > smithereens:  Fragments produced as by an explosion

swab:  Slang > An awkward fellow; lout

varmint:  Any obnoxious or pestiferous person or animal

woodland creature:  A creature that occupies land covered with woods or trees

yupped:  Informal yes, yep