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Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.

A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake. [Local, U.S.]

Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines. [Local, U. S.]

The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). [Local, U. S. ] Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

See Sloough, 2. [Local]

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart. Chaucer. Shak.

Cottage cheese. [Local, U. S.]

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle. [Local, U.S.]

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

from Soften, v. Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening (Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening.…

To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Grose.

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.

To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.] Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd.