Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S

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Sea crow () (Zool.) The razorbill. [Orkney Islands]

Compare: Razorbill

Razorbill (n.) (Zool.) (a) A species of auk ({Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.

Razorbill (n.) (Zool.) (b) See Cutwater, 3.

Compare: Cutwater

Cutwater (n.) (Naut.) The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

Cutwater (n.) (Naut.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.

Cutwater (n.) (Zool.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.

Razorbill (n.) Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill [syn: razorbill, razor-billed auk, Alca torda].

Sea crow () (Zool.) The coot.

Compare: Laughing

Laughing (a. & n.) From Laugh, v. i.

Laughing falcon (Zool.), A South American hawk ({Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.

Laughing gas (Chem.), Nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry.

Laughing goose (Zool.), The European white-fronted goose.

Laughing gull. (Zool.) (a) A common European gull ({Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow.

Laughing gull. (Zool.) (b) An American gull ({Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.

Laughing hyena (Zool.), The spotted hyena. See Hyena.

Laughing jackass (Zool.), The great brown kingfisher ({Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.

Laughing owl (Zool.), A peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.

Sea cucumber () (Zool.) Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. ({Pentacta frondosa).

Compare: Trepang

Trepang (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.]

Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.

Sea cucumber (n.) Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian].

Compare: Holothurian

Holothurian (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea.

Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.

Holothurian (n.) Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian].

Sea dace () (Zool.) The European sea perch.

Sea perch (Zool.) (a) The European bass ({Roccus lupus syn. Labrax lupus); -- called also sea dace.

Sea perch (Zool.) (b) The cunner.

Sea perch (Zool.) (c) The sea bass.

Sea perch (Zool.) (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.

Sea daffodil () (Bot.) A European amarylidaceous plant ({Pancratium maritimum).

Sea devil () (Zool.) Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.

Sea devil () (Zool.) Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.

Sea devil () (Zool.) The angler.

Compare: Ox

Ox (n.; pl. Oxen.) (Zool.) 牛；去勢公牛，閹牛 The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. -- Ps. viii. 7.

Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female.

Grunting ox (Zool.), The yak.

Compare: Yak

Yak (n.) (Zool.) 【動】犛牛 A bovine mammal ({Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair.

Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.

Yak lace, A coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak.

Yak (n.) 饒舌；廢話；開玩笑；大笑 Noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle].

Yak (n.) 【動】犛牛 Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated [syn: yak, Bos grunniens].

Yak (v.) 饒舌；喋喋不休；哈哈大笑 Talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" [syn: yak, gab].

Compare: Profusely

Profusely (adv.) 豐富地；繁茂地；大量地；再三地In a profuse manner.

Profusely (adv.) In an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely" [syn: abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly].

Indian ox (Zool.), The zebu.

Compare: Zebu

Zebu (n.) (Zool.) 犛牛，瘤牛 A bovine mammal ({Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

Note: Some of the varieties are used as beasts of burden, and some fore for riding, while others are raised for their milk and flesh. The Brahmin bull, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos, also belongs to this species. The male is called also Indian bull, Indian ox, Madras ox, and sacred bull.

Zebu (n.) Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia.

Zebu (n.) Any of various breeds of domestic oxen developed in India that are often considered conspecific with the common ox (Bos taurus) or sometimes as a separate species (B. indicus) and are characterized by a large fleshy hump over the shoulders, a dewlap, pendulous ears, and marked resistance to the injurious effects of heat and insect attack.

Javan ox (Zool.), The banteng.

Compare: Banteng

Banteng (n.) (Zool.) 爪哇野牛 The wild ox of Java ({Bibos Banteng).

Banteng (n.) Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago [syn: banteng, banting, tsine, Bos banteng].

Musk ox. (n.) (Zool.) 【動】麝香牛 See under Musk.

Musk ox (n.) A heavyset, shaggy-coated, bovid mammal (Ovibos moschatus) of tundra regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska with the males producing a strong musky odor from glands beneath the eyes.

Ox bile. See Ox gall, below.

Ox gall, The fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine.

Ox pith, Ox marrow. [Obs.] -- Marston.

Ox ray (Zool.), A very large ray ({Dicerobatis Giornae"> Ox ray (Zool.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis Giornae) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil.

To have the black ox tread on one's foot, To be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). -- Leigh Hunt.

Manta ray (n.) An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.

Compare: Cephaloptera

Cephaloptera (n.) (Zool.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray ({Manta birostris) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish, sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

Sea dog () (Zool.) The dogfish.

Sea dog () The common seal.

Sea dog () An old sailor; a salt. [Colloq.]

Seal (n.) (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal ({Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora cristata), and the ringed seal ({Phoca foetida}), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant.

Harbor seal (Zool.), The common seal ({Phoca vitulina"> Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.

Sea dog (n.) A man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog].

Sea dotterel () The turnstone.

Sea dove () The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.

Sea dragon () A dragonet, or sculpin.

Sea dragon () The pegasus.

Sea drake () The pewit gull.

Sea duck () Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.

Sea eagle () Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.

Sea eagle () The eagle ray. See under Ray.

Sea-ear (n.) Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.

Sea eel () (Zool.) The conger eel.

Sea egg () (Zool.) A sea urchin.

Sea elephant () (Zool.) A very large seal ({Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size ({Macrorhinus angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.

Seal (n.) (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

Harbor seal (Zool.), The common seal ({Phoca vitulina"> Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina). It

inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.
Sea elephant (n.) Either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks [syn: elephant seal, sea elephant].

Sea fan () (Zool.) Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.

Sea fan (n.) Corals having a treelike or fan-shaped horny skeleton.

Seafarer (n.) One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Seafarer (n.) A man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog].

Seafaring (a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

Sea feather () (Zool.) Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Sea feather (n.) Corals forming featherlike colonies.
Sea fennel () (Bot.) Samphire.

Sea fern () (Zool.) Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

Sea fight () An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.

Sea fir () (Zool.) A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

Sea flower () (Zool.) A sea anemone, or any related anthozoan.

Sea foam () Foam of sea water.

Sea foam () (Min.) Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth.

Sea fowl () (Zool.) Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

Compare: Fox

Fox (n. pl. Foxes) (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canid[ae], of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox ({V. fulvus), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus) are well-known species.

Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals.

Subtle as the fox for prey. -- Shak.

Fox (n.) (Zool.) The European dragonet.

Fox (n.) (Zool.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Fox (n.) A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]

We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. -- Beattie.

Fox (n.) (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.

Fox (n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]

Thou diest on point of fox. -- Shak.

Fox (n.) pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.

Fox and geese. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another.

Fox and geese. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.

Fox bat (Zool.), A large fruit bat of the genus Pteropus, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. P. medius of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See Fruit bat.

Fox bolt, A bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.

Fox brush (Zool.), The tail of a fox.

Fox evil, A disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.

Fox grape (Bot.), The name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba.

Fox hunter. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.

Fox hunter. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.

Fox shark (Zool.), The thrasher shark. See Thrasher shark, under Thrasher.

Fox sleep, Pretended sleep.

Fox sparrow (Zool.), A large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca); -- so called on account of its reddish color.

Fox squirrel (Zool.), A large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger, or S. cinereus). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the cat squirrel, is more common.

Fox terrier (Zool.), One of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties.

Fox trot, A pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.

Fox wedge (Mach. & Carpentry), A wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The wedge abuts on the bottom of the hole and the piece is driven down upon it. Fastening by fox wedges is called foxtail wedging.

Fox wolf (Zool.), One of several South American wild dogs, belonging to the genus Canis. They have long, bushy tails like a fox.

Compare: Foxfish

Foxfish, (n.) (Zool.) (a) The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxfish, (n.) (Zool.) (b) The european dragonet. See Dragonet.

Sea fox () (Zool.) The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.

Compare: Thrasher

Thrasher, Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

Thrasher, Thresher (n.) (Zool.) A large and voracious shark ({Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.

Thrasher, Thresher (n.) (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.

Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.

Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.

Sea froth () See Sea foam, 2. Sea-gate

Sea foam, () Foam of sea water.

Sea foam, () (Min.) Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth.

Sea-gate (n.) Alt. of Sea-gait.

Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Compare: Gauge

Gauge (n.) [Written also gage.] A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. -- Moxon.

There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. -- I. Taylor.

Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.

The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. -- Burke.

Gauge (n.) (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

Gauge (n.) (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

Gauge (n.) (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

Gauge (n.) (Naut.) (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. -- Totten.

Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.

Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches.

Gauge (n.) (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

Gauge (n.) (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

Gauge of a carriage, car, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track.

Gauge cock, A stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.

Gauge concussion (Railroads), The jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.

Gauge glass, A glass tube for a water gauge.

Gauge lathe, An automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.

Gauge point, The diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.

Gauge rod, A graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.

Gauge saw, A handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. -- Knight.

Gauge stuff, A stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.

Gauge wheel, A wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.

Joiner's gauge, An instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.

Printer's gauge, An instrument to regulate the length of the page.

Rain gauge, An instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.

Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, An instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.

Sea gauge, An instrument for finding the depth of the sea.

Siphon gauge, A glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.

Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc.

Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges.

Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.

Star gauge (Ordnance), An instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.

Steam gauge, An instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.

Tide gauge, An instrument for determining the height of the tides.

Vacuum gauge, A species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.

Water gauge. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass.

Water gauge. (b) The height of the water in the boiler.

Wind gauge, An instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.

Wire gauge, A gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.

See under Wire.

Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n. Sea gherkin

Sea gherkin () Alt. of Sea girkin.

Sea girkin () (Zool.) Any small holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.

Sea ginger () (Zool.) A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially Millepora alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.

Sea girdles () (Bot.) A kind of kelp ({Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.

Seagirt (a.) Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle. -- Milton.

Sea god () A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.

Sea goddess () A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.

Seagoing (a.) Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

Compare: Goose

Goose (n.; pl. Geese) (Zool.) Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae], and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.

Goose (n.; pl. Geese) (Zool.) Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.

Goose (n.; pl. Geese) (Zool.) A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

Goose (n.; pl. Geese) (Zool.) A silly creature; a simpleton.

Goose (n.; pl. Geese) (Zool.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. -- Goldsmith.

A wild goose chase, An attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.

Fen goose. See under Fen.

Goose barnacle (Zool.), Any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.

Goose cap, A silly person. [Obs.] -- Beau. & .

Goose corn (Bot.), A coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus).

Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]

Goose grass. (Bot.) Galium ({G. Aparine"> (a) A plant of the genus Galium ({G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers.

Goose grass. (Bot.) (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare).

Goose grass. (Bot.) (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua).

Goose neck, Anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.

Goose quill, A large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it.

Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.

Goose tongue (Bot.), A composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands.

Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.

Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.

Sea goose () (Zool.) A phalarope.

Compare: Phalarope

Phalarope (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds ({Grall[ae]), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.

Sea gown () A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners. -- Shak.

Sea grape () (Bot.) The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Sea grape () (Bot.) A shrubby plant ({Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.

Sea grape () (pl.) (Zool.) The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid ({Loligo).

Sea grass () (Bot.) Eelgrass.

Sea green () The green color of sea water.

Sea-green (a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.

Sea-green (a.) Of the color of the sea; bluish green

Sea green (n.) (Other forms: Sea greens) The property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea.

Sea gudgeon () (Zool.) The European black goby ({Gobius niger).

Sea gull () (Zool.) Any gull living on the seacoast.

Sea gull (n.) Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs [syn: gull, seagull, sea gull].

Seah (n.) A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.

Seah, () In land measure, a space of 50 cubits long by 50 broad. In measure of capacity, a seah was a little over one peck. (See MEASURE.)

Compare: Hare

Hare (n.) (Zool.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

Note: The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepus timidus. The northern or varying hare of America ({Lepus Americanus), and the prairie hare ({Lepus campestris), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits.

Hare (n.) (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

Hare and hounds, A game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit.

Hare kangaroo (Zool.), A small Australian kangaroo

({Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color,

Hare's lettuce (Bot.), A plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. -- Dr. Prior.

Jumping hare. (Zool.) See under Jumping.

Little chief hare, or Crying hare. (Zool.) See Chief

hare.

Sea hare. (Zool.) See Aplysia.

Sea hare () (Zool.) Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.

Sea hare (n.) Naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles [syn: sea hare, Aplysia punctata].

Sea hawk () (Zool.) A jager gull.

Sea heath () (Bot.) A low perennial plant ({Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

Compare: Globefish

Globefish (n.) (Zool.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

Sea hedgehog () (Zool.) A sea urchin.

Compare: Hedgehog

Hedgehog (n.) (Zool.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[ae]us), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.

Hedgehog (n.) (Zool.) The Canadian porcupine. [U.S]

Medicago ({Medicago intertexta">

Hedgehog (n.) (Bot.) A species of Medicago ({Medicago intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. -- Loudon.

Hedgehog (n.) A form of dredging machine. -- Knight.

Hedgehog (n.) (Elec.) A variety of transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance, whence the name.

Hedgehog (n.) (Mil.) A defensive obstacle having pointed barbs extending outward, such as one composed of crossed logs with barbed wire wound around them, or a tangle of steel beams embedded in concrete used to impede or damage landing craft on a beach; also, a position well-fortified with such defensive obstacles.

Hedgehog caterpillar (Zool.), The hairy larv[ae] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth.

Hedgehog fish (Zool.), Any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish.

Hedgehog grass (Bot.), A grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus tribuloides).

Hedgehog rat (Zool.), One of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Capromys, Plagiodon, and allied genera.

Hedgehog shell (Zool.), Any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex.

Hedgehog thistle (Bot.), A plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines ({Echinocactus).

Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

Sea hen () (Zool.) The common guillemot; -- applied also to various other sea birds.

Sea hog () (Zool.) The porpoise.

Sea holly () (Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant ({Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

Compare: Holly

Holly (adv.) Wholly. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Holly (n.) (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species ({Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.

Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. -- Gray.

Holly (n.) (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.

Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), The black scrub oak. See Scrub oak.

Holly rose (Bot.), A West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers ({Turnera ulmifolia).

Sea holly (Bot.), A species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.

Compare: Holm

Holm (n.) (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.

Holly (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges.

Holly (n.) United States rock star (1936-1959) [syn: Holly, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley].

Holly, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado

Population (2000): 1048

Housing Units (2000): 449

Land area (2000): 0.754751 sq. miles (1.954797 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.754751 sq. miles (1.954797 sq. km)

FIPS code: 37215

Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08

Location: 38.054520 N, 102.125398 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 81047

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Holly, CO

Holly

Holly, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan

Population (2000): 6135

Housing Units (2000): 2509

Land area (2000): 2.782797 sq. miles (7.207410 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.291550 sq. miles (0.755112 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 3.074347 sq. miles (7.962522 sq. km)

FIPS code: 38700

Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26

Location: 42.797317 N, 83.623496 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 48442

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Holly, MI

Holly

Sea holly (n.) European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac [syn: sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum].

Sea holly (n.) Widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers [syn: bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly, Acanthus mollis].

Sea holm () A small uninhabited island.

Sea holm () (Bot.) Sea holly.

Sea holm (n.) European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac [syn: sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum].

Compare: Hippocampus

Hippocampus (n.) (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish ({Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. -- Fairholt.

Hippocampus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail.

The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.

Hippocampus (n.) (Zool.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

Sea horse () A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.

Sea horse () (Zool.) The walrus.

Sea horse () (Zool.) Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.

Note: In a passage of Dryden's, the word is supposed to refer to the hippopotamus.

Sea horse (n.) Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber [syn: walrus, seahorse, sea horse].

Sea horse (n.) Small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position [syn: seahorse, sea horse].

Sea hulver () (Bot.) Sea holly.

Sea-island (a.) Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.

Sea jelly () (Zool.) A medusa, or jellyfish.

Seak (n.) Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.

Sea kale () (Bot.) See under Kale.

Compare: Kale

Kale (n.) (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also kail, and cale.]

Kale (n.) See Kail, 2.

Sea kale (Bot.), A European cruciferous herb ({Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

Sea kale (n.) Perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs [syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima].

Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.

Sea king (n.) A Viking pirate chief.

Seal (n.) (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres.

There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant.

The bearded seal ({Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora cristata), and the ringed seal ({Phoca foetida}), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant.

Seal (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

Seal (n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.

Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond Thou but offend'st thy lungs to speak so loud. -- Shak.

Seal (n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

Seal (n.) That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. "Under the

seal of silence." -- Milton.

Like a red seal is the setting sun On the good and the evil men have done. -- Longfellow.

Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

Great seal. See under Great.

Privy seal. See under Privy, a.

Seal lock, A lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal in such a way that the lock can not be opened without rupturing the seal.

Seal manual. See under Manual, a.

Seal ring, A ring having a seal engraved on it, or ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring. -- Shak.

Sealed (imp. & p. p.) of Seal.

Skaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seal.

Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

And with my hand I seal my true heart's love. -- Shak.

Seal (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

Seal (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum". -- Shak.

Seal (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. -- Gwilt.

Seal (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.

Seal (v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]

If a man once married desires a second helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. -- H. Stansbury.

Seal (v. i.) To affix one's seal, or a seal. [Obs.]

I will seal unto this bond. -- Shak.

Seal (n.) Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters [syn: sealing wax, seal].

Seal (n.) A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp].

Seal (n.) The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" [syn: seal, sealskin].

Seal (n.) A member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" [syn: Navy SEAL, SEAL].

Seal (n.) A stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal."

Seal (n.) An indication of approved or superior status [syn: cachet, seal, seal of approval].

Seal (n.) A finishing coat applied to exclude moisture.

Seal (n.) Fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure.

Seal (n.) Any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions.

Seal (v.) Make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows" [syn: seal, seal off].

Seal (v.) Close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" [ant: unseal].

Seal (v.) Decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms."

Seal (v.) Affix a seal to; "seal the letter."

Seal (v.) Cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal].

Seal (v.) Hunt seals.

SEAL, () Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer (ATM)

SEAL, () Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language.

Seal, () Commonly a ring engraved with some device (Gen. 38:18, 25).

Jezebel "wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal" (1 Kings 21:8). Seals are frequently mentioned in Jewish history (Deut. 32:34; Neh. 9:38; 10:1; Esther 3:12; Cant. 8:6; Isa. 8:16; Jer. 22:24; 32:44, etc.). Sealing a document was equivalent to the signature of the owner of the seal. "The use of a signet-ring by the monarch has recently received a remarkable illustration by the discovery of an impression of such a signet on fine clay at Koyunjik, the site of the ancient Nineveh. This seal appears to have been impressed from the bezel of a metallic finger-ring. It is an oval, 2 inches in length by 1 inch wide, and bears the image, name, and titles of the Egyptian king Sabaco" (Rawlinson's Hist. Illus. of the O.T., p. 46). The actual signet-rings of two Egyptian kings (Cheops and Horus) have been discovered. (See SIGNET.) The use of seals is mentioned in the New Testament only in connection with the record of our Lord's burial (Matt. 27:66).

The tomb was sealed by the Pharisees and chief priests for the purpose of making sure that the disciples would not come and steal the body away (ver. 63, 64). The mode of doing this was probably by stretching a cord across the stone and sealing it at both ends with sealing-clay. When God is said to have sealed the Redeemer, the meaning is, that he has attested his divine mission (John 6:27). Circumcision is a seal, an attestation of the covenant (Rom. 4:11). Believers are sealed with the Spirit, as God's mark put upon them (Eph. 1:13; 4:30). Converts are by Paul styled the seal of his apostleship, i.e., they are its attestation (1 Cor. 9:2). Seals and sealing are frequently mentioned in the book of Revelation (5:1; 6:1; 7:3; 10:4; 22:10).

SEAL, () conveyancing, contracts. A seal is an impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed. 5 Johns. R. 239. Lord Coke defines a seal to be wax, with an impression. 3 Inst. 169. "Sigillum," says he, "est cera impressa, quia cera sine impressione non est sigillum." This is the common law definition of a seal. Perk. 129, 134; Bro. tit. Faits, 17, 30; 2 Leon 21; 5 John. 239; 2 Caines, R. 362; 21 Pick. R. 417.

SEAL, () But in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the southern and western states generally, the impression upon wax has been disused, and a circular, oval, or square mark, opposite the name of the signer, has the same effect as a seal the shape of it however is indifferent; and it is usually written with a pen. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 503; 1 Dall. 63; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 72; 1 Watts, R. 322; 2 Halst. R. 272.

SEAL, () A notary must use his official seal, to authenticate his official acts, and a scroll will not answer. 4 Blackf. R. 185. As to the effects of a seal, vide Phil. Ev. Index, h.t. Vide, generally, 13 Vin. Ab. 19; 4 Kent, Com. 444; 7 Caines' Cas. 1; Com. Dig. Fait, A 2.

SEAL, () Merlin defines a real to be a plate of metal with a flat surface, on which is engraved the arms of a prince or nation, or private individual or other device, with which an impression may be made on wax or other substance on paper or parchment, in order to authenticate them: the impression thus made is also called a seal. Repert. mot Sceau; 3 McCord's R. 583; 5 Whart. R. 563.

SEAL, () When a seal is affixed to an instrument, it makes it a specialty, (q.v.) and whether the seal be affixed by a corporation or an individual the effect is the same. 15 Wend. 256.

SEAL, () Where an instrument concludes with the words, "witness our hands and seals," and is signed by two persons, with only one seal, the jury may infer, from the face of the paper, that the person who signed last, adopted the seal of the first. 6 Penn. St. Rep. 302. Vide 9 Am Jur. 290-297; 1 Ohio Rep. 368; 3 John. 470. 12 ohu. 76; as to the origin and use of seals, Addis. on Cont. 6; Scroll.

SEAL, () The public seal of a foreign state, proves itself; and public acts, decrees and judgments, exemplified under this seal, are received as true and genuine. 2 Cranch, 187, 238; 4 Dall. 416; 7 Wheat. 273, 335; 1 Denio, 376; 2 Conn. 85, 90; 6 Wend. 475; 9 Mod. 66. But to entitle its seal to such authority, the foreign state must have been acknowledged by the government, within whose jurisdiction the forum is located. 3 Wheat. 610; 9 Ves. 347.

SEAL, (n.) A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from _sine cero_, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean _locum sigillis_, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words _locum sigillis_ are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union.

Sea laces () (Bot.) A kind of seaweed ({Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

Sea lamprey () (Zool.) The common lamprey.

Sea lamprey (n.) Large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes [syn: sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus].

Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Sea lark () (Zool.) The rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus).

Sea lark () (Zool.) Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.

Compare: Turnstone

Turnstone (n.) (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.

Black turnstone, The California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.

Sea lavender () (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.

Compare: Lavender

Lavender (n.) (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula ({Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender ({Lavandula Spica}) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

Lavender (n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

Lavender cotton (Bot.), A low, twiggy, aromatic shrub ({Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground cypress.

Lavender water, A perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.

Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary.

To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender.

To lay in lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.]

Compare: Marsh

Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also marish.]

Marsh asphodel (Bot.), A plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum"> Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.

Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), A plant ({Potentilla palustris"> Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.

Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus).

Marsh elder. (Bot.) (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens).

Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).

Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.

Marsh grass (Bot.), A genus ({Spartina"> Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common component of salt hay.

Marsh harrier (Zool.), A European hawk or harrier ({Circus aeruginosus); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock.

Marsh hawk. (Zool.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and mouse hawk.

Marsh hawk. (Zool.) (b) The marsh harrier.

Marsh hen (Zool.), A rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of salt-water marshes.

Marsh mallow (Bot.), A plant of the genus Althaea (Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.

Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.

Marsh pennywort (Bot.), Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.

Marsh quail (Zool.), The meadow lark.

Marsh rosemary (Bot.), A plant of the genus Statice ({Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender.

Marsh samphire (Bot.), A plant ({Salicornia herbacea"> Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.

Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), An American herb ({Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.

Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.

Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.

Marsh wren (Zool.), Any species of small American wrens of the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.

Sea lavender (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers [syn: sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice].

Sea lawyer () (Zool.) The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

Sea lawyer (n.) An argumentative and contentious seaman.

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