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A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.

de serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. Milton.

Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.

A boat propelled by a sail or sails.

Duck or canvas used in making sails.

A sailor. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)

The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.

Destitute of sails. Pollok.

One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n.

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Like a sail. [R.] Drayton.

Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

The turnstone.

A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.

A gull; the mew.

To walk sidewise. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

The pintail duck.

ny one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.