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Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U.S.]

The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]

A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.

The goosander. [Local, U. S.]

having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.

ular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.

In the greater part of Russia, a division for local government consisting of a group of mirs, or village communities; a canton.

Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]

The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]

The ruddy duck. [Local, U. S.]

The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.]

Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [Local U.S.] Japanese wax, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the berries of certain species of Rhus, esp. R. succedanea. -- Mineral wax. (Min.) See Wax, 2 (f), above. -- Wax cloth. See Waxed cloth, under Waxed. -- Wax end. See Waxed…

The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake. [Local, U. S.]

e middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.

The golden-eye. [Local, U.S.]

The small pig of a litter. [Local, U. S.]

A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. [Local, U. S.]

A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.