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tory, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns.

One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]

uthorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]

A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.

the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]

Situation; place; locality. Locke.

A place; a locality.

a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.] Whittier.

lunar method. -- Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude.…

A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking. [Local, U. S.]

The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]

The muller, or crushing and grinding stone, used in grinding corn on a metate. [Mexico & Local U. S.]

An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.

A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. -- Me*las"mic, a.

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

A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.]

A small biting fly; a midge. [Local, U. S.]

The scup. [Local, U. S.]

To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]