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1 California
f.1 Horse-race (carrera).2 (Southern Cone) (Tec.) Wire-stretcher.3 California, Calif., Ca., Cal..* * *1 California* * *SF California* * *femenino California* * *Ex. For access and price information concerning the electronic version of Everyman's, contact Dialog Information Services, Inc. 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 or telephone toll-free 1-800-227-1927 (outside California).----* UCLA (Universidad de California en Los Angeles) = UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles).* Universidad de California = UC (University of California).* * *femenino California* * *Ex: For access and price information concerning the electronic version of Everyman's, contact Dialog Information Services, Inc. 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 or telephone toll-free 1-800-227-1927 (outside California).
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2 California
(Sp. model spelled same [kalifórnja]; originally the name of an island in a Spanish romantic poem Las Sergas de Esplandián, written by Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo; the name is possibly a blend of the word caliph and the names of Spanish cities such as Calahorra. When Spanish explorers discovered Baja California, they assumed it was an island and called it California. The territory that is now the state of California was known as Alta California under Spanish and Mexican rule)1) The thirty-first state in the Union. It became part of the United States in 1850.2) Northwestern Texas: 1933. The DARE references california as a verb meaning to throw an animal by catching it with a rope around its neck and flank and tripping it with one's foot. A method used especially for large and unmanageable calves. Not referenced in Spanish sources.3) An attributive adjective used in many combinations to denote animals (such as the California condor, California jay, California lion, California quail, California yellowtail, etc.), plants (California beeplant, California laurel, California lilac, California nutmeg, California sidesaddle flower), and items particular to California's history. The terms that are pertinent to the cowboy's era or trade are listed below. -
3 California
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4 California banknote
California: 1840. A cowhide used as currency before and during the gold rush days. According to Hendrickson, it may also have referred to "silver used as a medium of exchange." -
5 California bible
According to Hendrickson, a pack of playing cards. Also known as California prayer book. -
6 California collar
Wyoming: 1842 (probably earlier in oral form)Glossed by Hendrickson as "a joking term given to the hangman's noose when vigilante justice ruled in early California." -
7 California fever
Hendrickson: 1844. The fervent wish to be in or travel to California. -
8 California moccasins
Watts: 1934. Flour sacks worn on the feet and tied at the ankles in place of shoes or socks. Watts indicates that they provided some defense against exposure to extreme cold. Also known as California socks. -
9 California skirts
DARE: 1968. Round skirts on a stock saddle. Said by Adams to be the preferred style in the state of California. -
10 California trail
According to Blevins, a trail that branched off the Oregon Trail and led to California. Especially used by the Forty-niners. -
11 California bridle
Watts notes that this term referred to one that was often made of horsehair and elaborately decorated. -
12 California drag rowel
A spur with a rowel that dragged along the ground when its wearer was not on horseback. Spanish caballeros and vaqueros preferred the larger spurs and rowels. -
13 California Jack
Carlisle: 1903. A card game. -
14 California pants
DARE: 1927 (Clark says the term has been in oral use since the 1870s)Clark indicates that these were heavy woolen pants with a double weave worn when riding horses for long periods of time. They were generally brown or tan and usually of a striped, checked, or plaid design, and may have been reinforced with buck or antelope skin. -
15 California reins
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16 California rig
Referenced by Watts as "a saddle with a single cinch-ring in a central position directly below and on either side of the saddle tree." Also referred to as a "center-fire rig." -
17 California sight
Clark: 1880s. A near sight on a rifle with a series of notches for shooting at various distances. -
18 California sorrel
DARE: 1968. Watts indicates that this term refers to a palomino horse of a red-gold color; an older term for any palomino. -
19 California toothpick
Clark: 1850s. Abowie knife or a similar large knife. -
20 California twist
DARE: 1961. A roping technique during which the cowboy did not twirl his rope but cast it with a single overhand twist.
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