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at multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

Want of rhythm. [R.]

That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- As`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.

Astrology. [Obs.] Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy. Shak.

Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford.

An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young.

Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." Dryden.

A large subdivision of fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

Physiology. [R.] Dunglison.

vely, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon.

Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. Goldsmith.

Blossomy. [Obs.] Chaucer.