GLOSSARY, 



by judges in accordance with a fixed 



scale of points. 

 Bew. — A flock of young quail from a sin- 

 gle Hatching. 

 Bight. — Abend; a coil or loop; a turn of 



a rope around a spile, stake, or cleat ; a 



small bay or inlet. 

 Birdlime. — A viscous substance made of 



boiled linseed oil, used for catching 



birds. 

 Bitch. — A female dog. 

 BiTE-EM-NO-SEE-EM. — The Indian name 



for sand-fiies, punkies, or midgets, the 

 same being minute ^ats found especial- 

 ly on sand-bars in nver bottoms. 

 Blaze. — -A. mark, as of an axe on a tree, 

 to indicate a Ime, route, or direction ; 

 the white mark on an animal's forehead. 

 Blind. ^^— A structure of bushes, reeds, or 

 anything that will afford concezJment to 

 a'gunner on the stand for game. 



Blockader. — A person or w:^on engaged 

 in transporting illicit whisky, tobacco, 

 or other articles from its place of pro- 

 duction to a market, in evasion of^the 

 revenue laws. 



Blow-out. — An excavation made by the 

 elements in the higher Rocky Mountain 

 ranges. 



Blue-nose. — A Nova Scotian. 



Blue-peter. — The signal hoisted to make 

 sail. 



Blue-joint. — A coarse grass with succu- 

 lent stems, found on the prairies and in 

 mountain valleys. 



Bluff. — A hill of sand or rock along the 

 course of a river. 



Bobber. — The dropper or artificial fly at- 

 tached to an angler's casting line. 



Bob-White. — ^A sobriquet for the com- 

 mon quail. 



Bolus. — ^A pill for a dog or horse ; the red 

 thick-skinned Scuppemong grape. 



Boknet-rouge. — A red, knitted worsted 

 cap, worn in Canada. 



Boom. — The noise of the grouse in flight; 

 a spar upon which a vessel's^ sail is 

 stretched ; a string of logs chained to- 

 gether in a stream to confine a mass of 

 loose floating logs. 



Boss — An overseer or superintendent of 



work; a term universally applied to one 



of superior position for the time being ; 



a rude title of respect or address. 



Bore. — A tidal wave; the diameter of a 



gun-barrel -guage. 

 Bore, v. i. — To probe the earth for grubs, 



as a woodcock or snipe. 

 Bottom. — The low, alluvial land which 

 girts a river, subject to overflows, and 

 usually more or less wooded with decid- 

 uous trees and shrubs. 

 BouD INS.— Buffalo entrails, often eaten 



with relish. 

 Bounce, v. a.— To jump or start a deer 



from its bed or cover. 

 Brace.— Two of any kind. 



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Branch. — An offshoot of a river. 

 Brave.— An Indian who has killed his 



man in battle. 

 Break. — The splash or disturbance made 

 by a fish in rising to the surface after 

 food or lures. 

 Break, v. a. — To subdue ; to make tracta- 

 ble ; to scatter and run for safety when 

 attacked. 

 Breach, v. 1. — To break the surface, as a 



school offish. 

 Breech.- The stock of a gun. ^ 



Brigade (North-wrat).— A company of 

 factors with voyageurs, who annually 

 transport furs and supplies to and from 

 the depots or shipping posts accessible to 

 a market ; an assemblage for the an- 

 nual bu^o hunt. 

 Brood. — A single hatching of turkeys, 

 grouse, snipe, or woodcock, not fully 

 grown. 

 Broody, — Indications of frame which give 

 eWdence that a bitch will make a likely 

 mother. 

 Broncho^ (Sp.) — A wild horse; a cross 

 between the small, wiry mustang and 

 the ordinary large American horse. 

 Browse. —Tender shoots, twigs, buds, or 

 moss, upon which the deer family feed. 

 Brush.— The tail of a fox exhibited as a 

 trophy of the chase ; undei^rowth ; the 

 smaller branches of a tree ; ascrimmage; 

 a man's full beard. 

 Buck.— The male of the red, black-tail, 



and mule deer ; a young male Indian. 

 Buck. — To jump, as a horse or mule, clear 

 of the ground, with all feet gathered to- 

 gether ; to punish by a buck, which 

 consists of a stick passed under the 

 knees and over the bend of the arms, 

 keeping the body in a constrained posi- 

 tion. 

 BucK-BOAED. — A single, elastic board, set 



on two pairs of wheels. 

 Buck-fever.— Nervousness of a novice 

 which causes him to shoot wild when 

 attempting to kill game. 

 Buffaloes. — A nick-name applied to the 

 coast-dwellers of the sounds and estu- 

 aries of North Carolina. 

 Buffalo-grass. — ^A nutritious, short grass 

 found on the prairies and among the 

 Rocky Mountains. 

 Buffalo- wallow — A natural water-hole 

 caused by the surface of the earth be- 

 coming so caked and dried after inter- 

 mittent heavy rains, as to hold water. 

 Bulge. — The swirl made by a salmon ris- 

 ing to the surface. 

 Bull-boat. — ^A framework of sappUngi; 

 made of any required shape, and covered 

 with one or more green or soaked hides 

 sewed to the gunwales. 

 Buli^whackek.— Driver of an ox team. 

 Bull's-eye.— The center of a target. 

 Bunch-gras-.— A nutritious grass growing 

 in bunches a foot or more apart, found 



