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species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.

A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]

A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.

That which is borne or carried; a load. Plants with goodly burden bowing. Shak.

Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

aving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.

, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.

Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton.

A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. Burrill.

A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; - - so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

Growing warmth; increasing heat.

A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.]

Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. "Calvinistic training." Lowell.

en used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. -- Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet.…

Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.