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A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote.

y pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity. Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak.

cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping. [Southwestern U. S.]

A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]

A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

d. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.

Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits. Totten.

ndows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, t…

A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne.

ead declined. Thomson. And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste His weary wagon to the western vale. Spenser.

Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act. In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow. -- De*fi"ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi"ant*ness, n.

re (Zoöl.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizonæ) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States. -- Desert mouse (Zoöl.), an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the Western deserts.

inst; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.] The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. Fuller. God hath detested them with his own mouth. Bale.

A she-devil. [R.] Sterne.

Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.

Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

nd firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay. Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. Mrs. Barbauld.