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A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

o, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage. Sir W. Parish.

Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.]

A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. Johnson's Cyc.

pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. "With slack pace." Chaucer. Cslack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. Milton. Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. -- Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the…

) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers. -- Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean. -- Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. Ure. -- Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (…

An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [U. S.]

particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsew…

A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.]

The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood.

gnating, or pertaining to, an important linguistic stock of North American Indians of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, nearly all agriculturists and adept potters and basket makers. Their usual dwelling is the brush wikiup, and in their native state they wear little clothing. The Yuma, Maricopa,…