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of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.

the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving. And to his goddess pitously he preyde. Chaucer. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matt. vi. 6. I p…

A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd.

A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd. Fairholt.

ifferent meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. Addison. A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. Walpole.

To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser.

Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry. Macaulay. An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint livery. W. Irving.

pen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. -- Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; B. media and B…

A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. R. H. Stoddard.

At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.

In a queer or odd manner.

A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.

A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd.

A low fellow; a churl. Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]

gether on a mandrel. -- Rag wool, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy.

dian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.

To stretch out the hand. Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton.

Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.