GLOSSASY. 



a dog especially trained or qualified to 

 bring game to hand. 



Rlata (Sp.) — A lasso ; a lariat ; a running 

 noose for catching animals. 



Riff. — Rough water indicating submerged 

 rocks. 



Rifling. — The spiral grooves inside a cyl- 

 inder which gives rotary motion and 

 velocity to a ball. 



Rip. — Rough water indicating a meeting 

 of tides or curftnts. 



Rise. — The distance from the score line 

 to the traps in glass-ball or pigeon- 

 shooting matches ; a sloping elevation ; 

 the approach of a fish to a fly on the 

 siuface. 



RoAD-AGKNT. — A highwayman, especially 

 on the Western stage routes. 



Rockies. — The Rocky Mountains. 



Rope, v. t. — To lasso. 



RouGHNERS. — Cut com-stalks for fodder 

 (Western). 



Rough-slant.— A lean-to ; a shelter made 

 of canvas, blankets, bark, or boards, laid 

 on poles supported on crotches, and 

 sloping &om a ridge-pole to the ground. 



Run. — ^A small stream of running water; 

 a general movement of fish up-stream 

 or in-shore from deep water. 



Run, v. t. — To chase, as bufialo, foxes, 

 deer, etc. 



Runner. — ^An Indian courier. 



Runway. — The beaten path made by 

 deer or other animals in passing to and 

 &om their feeding-grounds. 



RtnriNG-SEASON. — ^The period when ani- 

 mals pair or mate. 



S. 



Saddle. — ^The hmd-quarters and loin of 



a deer. 

 SADDLE-ntEB. — The frame of a saddle. 

 Sault. — A chute ; a long, rough rapid in 



a river. 

 Saw-grass. — A long, coarse, wiry serrated 



grass found in the prairies of the South. 

 Sawyer. — ^A tree-crunk whose butt-end 



bemg waterlogged or fast to the bottom, 



the other end reaches to the surface and 



sways or saws with the current. 

 Savana (Sp. sabaTia). — An open plain or 



grass prairie. 



SC^TTER-GUN. — A shot-gim. 



Scent. — The animal odor left by game 

 which is followed in the chase or picked 

 up in the field. 



School. — ^A congregation of fish feeding 

 or migrating. 



Scope. — Length of cable, or anchor-chain, 

 at which a vessel rides at anchor. 



Score. — The tally of points made in a 

 match or ^me. 



Score, v. — To count a point or points 

 made ; to mark by an incision. 



Scour. — -To clean earth-worms by work- 

 ing them through sand. 



BCOUT.— A spy; one who reconnoiters. 



(702) 



SctUB. — ^A rough little pony; undergrowth 



of palmetto, briars, or oak: brush. 

 Sculp. — The fat taken from a seal. 

 Sculp, v, — To take the fat from a seal. 



(Newfoundland). 

 ScOLL.^=-i^ light rowing-craft propelled by 



oars shipped in out-riggers ; the oar 



Itself. 

 Scull, v. — To propel a boat by an oar 



working in a socket at the stem. 

 Seek-dead. — The order to dogs to search 



for killed game. 

 Sege. — ^A flock of bitterns, herons, or 



cranes. 

 Serape (Sp.) — A Mexican sbawl. 

 Setting-pole. — A twelve-feet iron-shod 



pole used by boatmen for pxishing light 



craft up rapid streams. 

 Shake-down. — ^A rude bed of blankets, 



skins, coats, or any material hastily 



thrown together. 

 Shanty. — ^A rude cabin or shelter of 



boards. 

 Shebang. — Any sort of a structure from a 



shanty to a hotel. ' 

 Shedder. — A. crab on which a new shell 



IS forming. 

 Shell. — ^A cartridge case of paper or 



metal ; a light rowing craft with out- 

 riggers. 

 Shine, v. — To attract deer with fire at 

 ~ night for the purpose of killmg them. 

 Shingoup.— Brush for laying on the floor 



of a cabin. (North-west). 

 Shoe. — The iron point of a setting7pole; 



an iron or wooden drag placed under a 



wheel or runner to check headway ; a 



piece of wood attached to an anchor. 

 Shoe-pack. — ^A leathern moccasin, with 



or without legs or soles. 

 Shoot. — To run a rapid with a boat. 

 Shooting-iron. — A gun, rifle, or pistol. 

 Shucks. — Com-husl^. 

 Side-lotes. — Ropes for fastening the fore 



and hind feet of animals on the same 



side to prevent them running away. 

 Sight.— A fixed point on a gun to fix the 



eye in aiming ; the aim taken. 

 Sign. — Indications noting the presence, 



recently or remotely, of living creatures. 

 Sink. — ^A small lake of pure water, often 



without attainable bottom. (Florida). 

 Sink-box. — A wooden box sunk into the 



ground or water, in which a gcnner 



conceals himself when shooting wild 



fowl. 

 Sire.— ^The immediate male progenitor oi 



a horse. 

 SiWASH. —An Indian chief. (Oregon). 

 Skids.— -Poles laid side by side as bed- 

 pieces for anything to rest on or pass 



over them ■ a chain to confine a wheel. 

 Skin-out.— To depart: leave; to range 



wide as a dog in the field. 

 SLACK.--Dead low or hieb tide ; the sag 



of a line made fast at ooth ends ; loud 



abuse ; boisterous t^lk . 



