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sed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. Lecky.

A female inhabitant. [R.]

A female inspector.

rbit of the earth. -- Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.

A female interlocutor.

A female messenger. [R.]

A female intriguer.

A female introducer.

external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

A female intruder.

A female prater or babbler.

A female janitor.

A familiar name of the European wren. Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female ass.

A female juggler. T. Warton.

The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable n…

whom were formerly noted for their cruel human sacrifices to the earth goddess, murder of female infants, and marriage by capture.

A female relative. Shak.

as a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

Mischievous; roguish; waggish. Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad. Shak.

A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.