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A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scott]

A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.

ve in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country. "The deserted fortress." Prescott.

rms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English l…

A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]

A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank.

versy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. Measures for terminating all local difficulties. Bancroft.

Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent]

A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [Local, U. S.]

A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]

Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]

e much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]

Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.

Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [Local, U. S.]

Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

f coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.]

cial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.