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The word palouser is derived from the Palouse Country, a prairie in Eastern Washington and north-central Idaho. A palouser is a sort of hurricane lamp fashioned from a tin can with perforations to ventilate it and one side opening for the light. It contains a lit candle. A palouser also refers to a windstorm of this region.
The famous horse "appaloosa" is also derived as a contraction of "a palouser". These horses were selectively bred by the Nez Perce tribe. Their distinguishing feature is a spotted rump.
I you have a Merriam Webser's unabridged dictionary of 1950's vintage you can probably find the "hurricane lamp" definition therein.
The Palouse Country was ,itself, named after the Pelouze hills in France.
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New England is an area of the USA comprising the northern original 13 colonies, for the most part. The area of the USA where I live is called 'The Palouse' . . . it is a Nez Perce Indian name, and from it is derived the Indian horse breed name: "A 'Palouser'", which has since been mixed together to make the name, "Appaloosa". The Appaloosa horse club national headquarters is located in the town that I live in . . . .
