1. n. an armful, usually of fish, usually cod, and occasionally kindling.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a native or citizen of the United States, originally a New Englander.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. in Upper Canada, a supporter of the Radicalism adopted by many post-Loyalist American immigrants and others.
Go to full entry >1. speech characteristic of Americans, in early use with special reference to New England speech; American English.
Go to full entry >1. an American trader, especially on the Pacific Coast; the vessel of such a trader.
Go to full entry >1. n. York, Upper Canada, so called because it was said to be the political headquarters of the Radicals, who were accused of being Yankees (def. 2c).
Go to full entry >1. adj. of things, so made as to be characteristic of the United States and its people.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. the quality that characterizes the United States or its people in their speech, customs, political views, etc.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. v. of moose and deer, stay or establish themselves in a yard (def. 1a).
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. v. of moose and deer, stay or establish themselves in a yard (def. 1a).
Go to full entry >1. n. a donkey or other engine rigged to haul logs from the woods to the track, skidroad, or landing.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a person accepting employment with the Hudson's Bay Company on a year-to-year basis of engagement.
Go to full entry >1. a species of birch, Betula lutea, found in central and eastern Canada; also, the hard wood of this tree.
Go to full entry >1. a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >1. a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.
Go to full entry >1. a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly, North West) Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. a species of marmot, Marmota flaviventris, closely related to the hoary marmot.
Go to full entry >1. n. pl. a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly, North West) Mounted Police.
Go to full entry >1. n. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. an inland freight boat, descended from the bateau, in common use from the early 1820's but used for tripping as early as 1790, and finally withdrawn from service entirely about 1930.
Go to full entry >1. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.
Go to full entry >1. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.
Go to full entry >1. n. a person who supported the retention of York currency as a standard of exchange.
Go to full entry >1. a political party formed in the early 1850's by young Canadians who had had enough of the bickering that was characteristic within the old-line parties and who wanted to advance the concept of Canadian nationhood as opposed to the then active movement toward annexation to the United States.
Go to full entry >1. a political party formed in the early 1850's by young Canadians who had had enough of the bickering that was characteristic within the old-line parties and who wanted to advance the concept of Canadian nationhood as opposed to the then active movement toward annexation to the United States.
Go to full entry >1. n. a department of the Hudson's Bay Company in the region now known as the Yukon Territory. Usually spelled Youcon.
Expand + | Go to full entry >1. a safety chimney consisting of two concentric sheet-metal cylinders joined at top and bottom by perforated collars which allow an exchange of air, thus preventing over-heating of the stovepipe, which passes upward within the inner cylinder.
Go to full entry >1. n. a variety of potato with yellowish skin and flesh (see Image 1).
Go to full entry >1. a safety chimney consisting of two concentric sheet-metal cylinders joined at top and bottom by perforated collars which allow an exchange of air, thus preventing over-heating of the stovepipe, which passes upward within the inner cylinder.
Go to full entry >1. a simple wooden platform mounted on turned-up runners of wood or metal, about ten feet long and sixteen inches wide (so as to be able to follow the narrow trails) and about four inches off the ground.
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