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The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

leman; native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.

Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. Bald buzzard (Zoöl.), the fishhawk or osprey. -- Bald coot (Zoöl.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.

The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

A white-headed variety of pigeon.

style. This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney.

A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. White.

silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

tæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

es of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

A white, crystalline substance,

Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.…

One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,

Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.

A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

n, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. -- Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. -- Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. -- Sacred bean. See under S…