[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

local \lo"cal\, n.
   1. railroad a train which receives and deposits passengers
      or freight along the line of the road; a train for the
      accommodation of a certain district. u.s.

   2. in newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place
      where the paper is published. u.s.
      1913 webster

   3. a train or bus which stops at all stations along a line,
      as contrasted with an express, which stops only at
      certain stations designated as express stops.
      pjc
see also:
express 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

local \lo"cal\ l=o"kal, a. l. localis, fr. locus place: cf.
   f. local. see lieu, locus.
   of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite
   region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
   region; as, a local custom.
   1913 webster

         gives to airy nothing
         a local habitation and a name.           --shak.
   1913 webster

   local actions law, actions such as must be brought in a
      particular county, where the cause arises; --
      distinguished from transitory actions.

   local affection med., a disease or ailment confined to a
      particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
      system.

   local attraction magnetism, an attraction near a compass,
      causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction,
      especially on shipboard.

   local battery teleg., the battery which actuates the
      recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as
      distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for
      the line.

   local circuit teleg., the circuit of the local battery.
      

   local color.
   a paint. the color which belongs to an object, and is not
       caused by accidental influences, as of reflection,
       shadow, etc.
   b literature peculiarities of the place and its
       inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
       laid.

   local option, the right or obligation of determining by
      popular vote within certain districts, as in each county,
      city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages
      within the district shall be allowed.
      1913 webster
see also:
lieu locus local actions transitory actions local affection local attraction 
local battery local circuit local color local option 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

local
     adj 1: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the
            administration of a city or town or district rather
            than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities"
            ant: national
     2: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular
        locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local
        schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view";
        "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"
     3: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local
        anesthesia" ant: general
     n 1: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at
          all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever
          to get to new york" ant: express
     2: anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body syn: local
        anesthetic, local anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical
        anaesthetic
see also:
national general express local anesthetic local anaesthetic topical anesthetic 
topical anaesthetic 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

175 moby thesaurus words for "local":
   amtrak, pullman, pullman car, aboriginal, aborigine, adjoining,
   affiliate, alehouse, arm, autochthon, baggage car, baggage train,
   bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro,
   blind tiger, boxcar, branch, branch office, cabaret,
   cable railroad, caboose, cafe, car, carriage, chair car, chapter,
   choo-choo, city, close by, coach, coal car, cocktail lounge,
   cog railroad, cog railway, collective bargaining, company union,
   confined, county, covered waggon, craft union, day coach, dialect,
   dialectal, diner, dinghy, dining car, district, dive, division,
   dramshop, drawing room, drinking saloon, earliest inhabitant, el,
   electric, electric train, elevated, express, express train,
   first comer, flat, flatcar, flier, freight, freight train,
   freighter, funicular, geographically limited, gin mill, gondola,
   goods train, groggery, grogshop, honky-tonk, horizontal union,
   idiomatic, indigene, industrial union, insular, interurban,
   labor union, lightning express, limited, local union, local yokel,
   localized, lodge, luggage van, mail car, mail van, metro,
   milk train, monorail, municipal, native, nearby, nightclub,
   of a place, offshoot, organ, organized labor, palace car,
   parliamentary, parliamentary train, parlor car, parochial,
   particular, passenger car, passenger train, peculiar, post,
   pothouse, primitive, primitive settler, provincial, pub, public,
   public house, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train,
   railway car, rathskeller, rattler, reefer, refrigerator car,
   regional, resident, restricted, rolling stock, roomette, rumshop,
   saloon, saloon bar, sectarian, shire, shuttle, shuttle train,
   sleeper, small-town, smoker, smoking car, speakeasy, special,
   specific, state, stockcar, streamliner, subway, tank, taproom,
   tavern, tender, topical, town, townsman, townswoman, trade guild,
   trade union, train, truck, tube, underground, union local, van,
   vernacular, vertical union, village, waggon, way train, wine shop,
   wing

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

local. pertaining to a place; something annexed to the freehold or tied to a 
certain place; as, local courts, or courts whose jurisdiction is limited to 
a particular place; local allegiance, or allegiance due while you are in a 
particular place or country; local taxes, or those which are collected for 
particular districts. 

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