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To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests. [U. S.] The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties. Nicilay & Hay (Life of Lincoln).

d oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality. -- Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value. -- Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. -- Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funi…

Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.

d must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.

See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]

See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. [Local, U.S.]

A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

side of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside. -- To shift the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story. Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power. Swift.

A fancy or liking. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

ts upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also horned lark. -- Shore plover (Zoöl.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It li…

Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] L'Estrange.

h the War Department) organized to collect from the whole country simultaneous raports of local meteorological conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. -- Signal station,…

sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger. [Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.

nner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

The quillback. [Local, U.S.]