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Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.

The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus).

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.] Calistho there stood manifest of shame. Dryden.

n to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.

, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.

An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.

The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.

ion of rock crystal. -- Filar, or Bifilar, micrometer. See under Bifilar. -- Micrometer caliper or gauge (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy. -- Micrometer head, the head of a micrometer screw. -- Micrometer microscope, a compound microscope combined wit…

An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

To fail or err in attempting to correct. "Scaliger miscorrects his author." Dryden.

A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

whisky jack. See Whisky jack. -- Moose deer. Same as Moose. -- Moose yard (Zoöl.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection.

ed or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia. -- Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. -- Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum). -- Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of…

en by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.

The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.

ere are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.

One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidæ. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.