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red dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zoöl.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.

ruling power. "Sole dominator of Navarre." Shak. Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world. Camden.

A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.

The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

t which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.

have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.

A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

he four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. E. Everett.

tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

a marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

pecies of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and t…

A bay. [R.] The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.

The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]

al of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.