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Of lofty structure; tall. "High-built organs." Tennyson. The high-built elephant his castle rears. Creech.

ts, east, west, north, or south. [R.] When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech. Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton. Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. -- To be off the h…

An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

enerally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.

A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.]

A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora.

An extensive order of Hydrozoa or Acalephæ. [Written also Hydroida.]

The Acalephæ; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.

eating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]

at once. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3.

To cover the back of; to load or burden. [Obs.] Elephants indorsed with towers. Milton.

Internal; inward; -- opposed to external. Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. Milton.

chotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).

as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.

A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.

A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.

An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap. [India]

A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.