VI 



GLOSSARY. 



Heel. — The order to dogs to come be- 

 hind the gunner ; to lie over as a vessel 

 in a stiff breeze. 



Heeled (Western). — Equipped ; well- 

 provided . 



Heel-plate. — The metal plate which 

 finishes the stock of a gon. 



Helgramite. — The dobson (which see). 



Herd.^A congregation of stags^ moose, 

 cariboo, buffalo, or deer. 



High-boat. — The boat bird bagging the 

 largest number of birds on a shooting 

 expedition. 



High-jinks. — Tantrums; fits of ill-humor. 



Hobbles.— Ropes for fastening the fore 

 feet of horses together to prevent their 

 running away. 



Hod. — A drink of grog ; a full measure 

 (Newfoundland). 



Hog. — To crop, as the mane of a mule. 



Hog-backs. — Foot-hills. 



Hog-wallow. — A depression or hollow in 

 a prairie, filled with rich, black, and 

 very sticky soil, sometimes water. 



HojACK. — The helgramite ; the dobson 

 (which see). 



Hold-up. — The order to dogs to rise from 

 a charge down. 



Hole, v. i. — To hybemate. as a bear ; 

 hence to give up work for the winter. 



Holster. — A case for a horseman's pistol. 



Hoodlum. — A street gamin or urchin. 



Horsebacks — Ridges of sand or gravel 

 found in the lowlands of Maine ; they 

 look like railroad embankments from 

 thirty to ninety feet high, sloping about 

 30°. Their surface was originally cov- 

 ered with hard wood and pine, and the 

 adjacent lowlands with a dense growth 

 of cedars. 



Horns. — The hard, hollow, permanent 

 spikes which grow on the head of a buf- 

 falo and some other animals. Deer do 

 not properly have horns (see Antlers). 



How! — An Indian salutation, meaning 

 " good-moming," or *'how do you do ? 



Howdy (Southern). — '* How do you do ?" 



Hung. — Made fast, as a fish to a hook, or 

 a log on a rock in midstream, or a horse 

 to a post. 



Hunter. — A horse used in running foxes. 



Hurdle. — A texture of interwoven stakes 

 or other obstruction, three feet in 

 height, to be leaped in a running race 

 by horses or men ; a couple and a half 

 of hounds, harriers, or beagles. 



Hutch. — A fisherman's shanty ; a rabbit- 

 house. 



Ice -BLINK. — A loom upon the horizon 

 caused by refiiaction fi-om masses of ice. 



In-AND-in. — Breeding into an immediate 

 family for the purpose of developing cer- 

 tain qualities or characteristics. 



Inni^r. — A score of three points in nfle 

 shooting- 



(698) 



J. 



Jack. — ^A torch, lantern, or fire-pan for 

 shining deer or moose, woodcock, wild 

 fowl, etc., at night. 



Jackass-rabbit. — A very large hare, with 

 immense ears, common in the West and 

 South-west; it is fleeter than the grey- 

 hound, and is seldom found except 

 where the curly mesquite grows. 



Jag. — A fare or catch offish. 



Jam. — ^An interwoven, inextricable mass, 

 of logs or driftwood. 



Jerk. — To dry in the sun, as meat. 



Jerked Beef. — Stm-dried beef or buffalo 

 meat. 



Jig. — A hook with shank loaded with lead 

 or platinum, used in catching mackerel 

 and other fish. 



Jo-FLOGGER. — A sailor's name for a pan- 

 cake. 



JowLER. — A beagle. 



Jump.— To start a deer or other animal 

 from its bed or cover. 



Jumper. — A short bob-sled. 



JUNK. — Pieces of old cable ; salt beef: 

 beef corned with much saltpeter ana 

 salt for army and marine supplies. 



Kayak. — An Esquimaux canoe of seal- 

 skin for one person, propelled with a 

 double paddle. 



Kedge. — A small anchor to keep a vessel 

 steady at her moorings. 



Keei^haul.— To harass; to berate ; scold; 

 to punish a culprit by hauling him un- 

 der the keel of a ship and hal^drowning 

 him. 



Kelp. — Seaweed ; algae. 



Kelleck.— An anchor stone for a skiff or 

 boat. 



Kelt. —A spent salmon, 



Kench. — A layer of codfish, split and 

 salted. 



Kennel. — The hole of a fcx ; a cot for 

 dog^ ; the dogs kept in a kennel. 



Kentle (Canada). — A quintal, as offish. 



Key, — A bare rock ; a wooded island neai 

 the coast. 



Kind. — Race ; species ; *' breeding for 

 kind " is to perpetuate the same race. 



KiNNiKiNNiCK. — The inner bark of thfl 

 red willow, dried over a fire, crumbled, 

 and mixed with tobacco for smoking. 



Ki-o-TE. — The coyote, or prairie wolf. 



Kirtle (Canada). — A short petticoat or 

 gown. 



Kit. — The small articles of a traveler's 

 baggage ; an outfit. 



Knot.— -The hard, resinous, central part 

 of a pitch-pine limb, which survives de- 

 cay or fire, used as a torch or firewood ; 

 a nautical mile. 



KoNKUS. — A cancerous disease peculiar to 

 the pine-tree, which causes the trunk 

 to rot and become spongy. 



