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States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlik…

trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.

To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt.

The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]

The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.

A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

ay. The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subotdinates of the secretary of the interior. Bartlett. Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is ap…

e purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.

to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.

Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A striped satin made in India. McElrath.

Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n.

corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. -- Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Glad…