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The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [U.S.]

blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.

A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.

en growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]

A stalk of Indian corn.

Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.

A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.

for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.

A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.

Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

nt in which a council meets. -- Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Barilett. -- Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. -- Ecumenical council (Eccl.)…

A stick or switch used among some American Indians in making or counting a coup.

A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

n bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. -- Crow pheasant (Zoöl.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zoöl.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia. -- Red-legged crow. See Crough.…

A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).

, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. -- Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria). -- Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for i…