tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post6605771172589526..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Glossary of frontier fiction: W(waddy – whipsaw)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-3075819298969054882014-08-03T06:18:25.398-07:002014-08-03T06:18:25.398-07:00"Whipsaw," as in a saw used by lumbermen..."Whipsaw," as in a saw used by lumbermen, is the only word I'm familiar with. Wapiti sounds vaguely familiar in a different context but I could be wrong.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-90637716771334766412014-08-02T17:55:04.585-07:002014-08-02T17:55:04.585-07:00Seven is good. Growing up on the flat farmland of ...Seven is good. Growing up on the flat farmland of central Nebraska, I did not know of term water gap until I came across it in reading.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-75573623911840921152014-08-02T17:40:11.698-07:002014-08-02T17:40:11.698-07:00One of my best efforts ever as I was familiar with...One of my best efforts ever as I was familiar with seven of these. Helped a farmer fix a water gap three times as a teenager. When he first used the term I thought we were going to fix a dam. Neil A. Waringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-87065882768852238722014-08-02T14:10:39.936-07:002014-08-02T14:10:39.936-07:00Curious the use of "heap" in Indian ling...Curious the use of "heap" in Indian lingo. I don't know how it came into common use.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-49179878397149545692014-08-02T14:08:22.295-07:002014-08-02T14:08:22.295-07:00The word waddy still is in use today, though I sel...The word waddy still is in use today, though I seldom come across it except among hardcore westerners and cowboy poets.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-74116649712391584382014-08-02T10:17:50.797-07:002014-08-02T10:17:50.797-07:00Most of these are unfamiliar to me, except for wad...Most of these are unfamiliar to me, except for waddy, whipsaw, whang. Thanks for defining 'em. Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-68139961208303326172014-08-02T08:42:29.542-07:002014-08-02T08:42:29.542-07:00Wady is a cool word. I used to use it in writing b...Wady is a cool word. I used to use it in writing but seemed to have forgotten it. Thanks for the reminder. Walk a heaps. I remember that from some western or another. thought it was a cool term, and accurate.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com