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end . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak.

ey are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity.

Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.

A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]

A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.

Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

To breed vermin.

The generation or breeding of vermin. Derham.

Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin. Some . . . verminous disposition of the body. Harvey.

Producing or breeding worms. "Vermiparous animals." Sir T. Browne.

Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.

lidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract. The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot.

A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.

e gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.

orial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.

q. U. S.] Bartlett. -- Weather box. Same as Weather house, below. Thackeray. -- Weather breeder, a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. -- Weather bureau, a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. [U.S.] -- Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin us…

An animal unfit to breed from.