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The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]

A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.

A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. [Local, U. S.]

An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] Wiseman.

The ruddy duck. [ Local U.S. ]

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

tion which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.

ion of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead. Tree bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. [Local, U.S.] -- Tree beetle (Zoöl.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. -- Tree bug (Zoöl.), any one…

The jacksnipe. [Local, U.S.]

cus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.

It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]

The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]

ilton. Tufted trees and springing corn. Pope. Tufted duck (Zoöl.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.S.]

To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

ebility, gradually increasing and often becoming profound at the acme of the disease. Its local lesions are a scanty eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly, enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the intestines over the areas occupied by Peyer's glands. The virus, or contagion, of this fever is su…

The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness. [R.] Glanvill.