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several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] Bartlett.

A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also middles. Bartlett.

ctive mileage, a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. Bartlett.

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

A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

The Easter festival. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

xico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. Bartlett.

A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes." [Rhode Island] Bartlett.

A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Cider brandy. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

d; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation. [Mexico & California] Bartlett.

hout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.

Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.

the king of Egypt. -- River driver, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett. -- River duck (Zoöl.), any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. -- River god, a…

-- Salt bottom, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efforescences. [Western U.S.] bartlett. -- Salt cake (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. -- Salt fish. (a) Salted fish,…

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. Bartlett. Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt. Beverly.

A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie. [U.S.] Bartlett.