DCHP-2

siwash ((v.)) [< n.] Pacific Coast and Northwest DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a v.

  travel light, establishing siwash camps or sleeping in the open without prepared shelter.

  See also: siwash camp  siwashing  

• 1b v.

  siwash it, See quote.

• 2a v. — Slang

  prohibit from obtaining liquor; put on the Indian list.

  See also: Indian list  interdict ((v.)) (def. 2)  interdict list  

  • This term now applies to any person placed on the interdict list, q.v., in B.C.

• 2b v.

  deny access to prohibited drugs.

• 2c v.

  See quote.

• 3 v. — Lumbering, Slang

  run (a cable, line, etc.) around anything but a proper block.

  See also: Siwash fashion (1938 quote)  Siwash ((adj.)) (def. 2a)