select

v. i.q. free-select (q.v.).

Select
·adj Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of spec...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
free-select
v. to take up land under the LandLaws. See Free-selector. This composite verb, derivedfrom the noun,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris