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A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities. [Scot.]

A spire rising from a tower. [Local, Eng.]

The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] Southey.

, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

The bittern. [Local, Eng.]

A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]

a in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to

th African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. -- Bush cat (Zoöl.), the serval. See Serval. -- Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto. -- Bush hammer. Se…

A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [Local, U.S.]

A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

quid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.

A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]

To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.]

rchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68º N.

A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

A local European measure of length. See Canna. Cane borer (Zoö.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. -- Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks a…

A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a cent…

To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]