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The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

The lowest course of stones in a building.

A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).

The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

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

ng copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.

A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. James Law. Curb bit, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight. -- Curb pins (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairs…

& vb. n. of Cure. Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.

peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.

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

An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. [Written also Dacotahs.]

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

A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus.

rent communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the…

ed between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

y, etc.; to condescend. "With declining head." Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.

Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.] With grave demean and solemn vanity. West.

mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. Literary demimonde, writers of the lowest kind.

bling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.