GLOSSARY. 



XI 



Slide. — A place on the face of a bluff or 

 mountain where logs are passed down to 

 the margin of a water-course ; a land- 

 slip ; the path made by otters on the 

 bank of a stream. 



Slipper. — One who slips the greyhounds 

 from a leash. 



Slot,— The trail of a deer. 



Slough.— A swampy place in a hollow of 

 a prairie ; a miry place with standing 

 water in a forest. 



Slug. — A grub used for angling ; an oval 

 or cylindrical missile for a gun. 



Smo!ce; — ^A telegraphic signal used on the 

 plains and in the mountains ; the use of 

 tobacco-pijes as preliminary to a talk 

 or conference. 



Smolt. — A two-years-oVd salmon. 



Snack. — A lunch. (Southern). 



Snap-shorts. — String beans. (Texas). 



Snap-shot.— A shot in cover at driving 

 game ; a shot at sight. 



Sneak-boat. — A small decked boat, to be 

 covered with weeds or brush when ap- 

 j<roaching wild fowl. 



Snood. — A gut length bent on a hook. 



Snow. — An Indian term signifying a year; 

 five snows, five years. 



Snow-shoe.— A contrivance for traveling 

 on deep and soft snow, consisting of a 

 network of thongs of green hide 

 stretched on a wooden frame, of diflfer- 

 ent shapes, but commonly oval in front 

 and tapering to a point behind ; length 

 about three feet. 



Soldier. — An untried Indian warrior. 



Sombrero (Sp.) — A wide-brimmed Mexi- 

 can tat of straw or felt. 



Sou* -wester. — A long-caped, oil-cloth 

 hat worn by sailors and fishermen. 



Sowbelly. — Stale salt pork. 



Spay.— To neutralize aoitch. 



Spell. — A rest ; length of a journey be- 

 tween meals or stopping-places. 



Split. — To cut the back-bone from a cod- 

 fish. . ^ . 



Spoon. — A revolving metal trolling-bait 

 for fish ; a kind of oar used for racing- 

 boats. 



Sportsman. — One who hunts or fishes for 

 pleasure, in a legitimate and scientific 

 manner, without regard to pecuniary 

 profit. 



Spot. — To blaze; to mark a route on 

 trees. 



Squatter. — A settler on Government 

 land, whose only title is possession.^ 



Squaw.— An Indian woman ; a derisive 

 term applied to cowards. 



Squawker. — A duck-call made of a 

 wooden or metal tube, or bamboo cane, 

 with a reed, after the fashion of a 

 clarionet. 



Squeakers.— The fledglings of quail. 



Bquid. — The cuttle-fish used for bait ; an 

 artificial bait of ivory, metal, or other 

 substance, used in trolling for fish. 



Staddle, — A temporary scaffold for a 

 haystack in a meadow. 



Stage. — A platform used in caulking, 

 paintingj or repairing vessels ; a shanty 

 for dressing codfish ; a distance traveled; 

 a day's journey ; height of water. 



Stallion. — An entire horse. 



Stampede. — A panic among horses, cat- 

 tle, or other animals. 



Stampede, v. — To frighten animals by 

 noises and movements, with a view to 

 theft. 



Steady.— The order to dogs at work to 

 be cautious. 



Stern. — The after-part of a dog, in- 

 cluding the tail. 



Sting. — The fine taper of a dog's tail. 



Stocky. —(See Broody). 



Stool. — A decoy for snipe, plovers, and 

 beach-birds. 



Straight-away. — A straight course with- 

 out a turn, for racing boats. 



Strain. — Hereditary quality and dispo- 

 sition ; blood ; distinguishing marks of 

 race. 



Stretcher. — The tail-fly of an angler's 

 cast ; a framework of hoops or boards 

 used by trappers for stretching skins to 

 be cured. 



Stubble. — Standing stubs or stalks left 

 after grain has been cut. 



Stud. — A collection of horses. 



Stump. — A wicket ; a frame behind the 

 batter at cricket to be bowled at. 



Stump, v. a. — To challenge. 



Surround. — A cordon of hunters formed 

 to capture buffalo and other animals. 



Swamp.— A place where logs are cut by 

 lumbermen. 



Swamp, v. a. — To capsize and fill, as a 

 boat ; to cut out a road into a forest. 



Swamper. — An axe-man who cuts a road 

 into a forest. 



SwiLE. — A seal. (Newfoundland). 



Swash. — A channel agitated by confluent 

 tides, causing a dash of waves. 



Tack.— The weather clew of a sail, or the 



rope by which the clew is extended on 



the spar. 

 Tack. — To come about ; to change the 



course of a vessel. 

 Tar-heels. — A nickname for the natives 



of North Carolina. 

 Taut, or Taught. — Tense ; tight j 



stretchAl out ; extended. 

 Team. — The quota of contestants assigned 



to a side in a rifle or base-ball match. 

 Tepee. — A lodge ; wigwam ; tent. 

 Thoroughfare. — A strait of water, or 

 ■ neck of land connecting two bodies of 



water, habitually traversed by wild fowl 



in migrating or passing to and frojn 



their feeding-grounds. 



(JOS) 



