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tates which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.

A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.

A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.

le. -- Crow pheasant (Zoöl.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zoöl.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia. -- Red-legged crow. See Crough. -- As the crow flies, in a direct line. -- To pick a c…

A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.

he small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

d to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. -- n.

A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

A native of ancient Dacia.

A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositæ; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.

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.

A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane. (Zoöl.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.

Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.]

Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

o or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean,…

lish language. Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.