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ates. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike…

To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt.

The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]

The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.

A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.

. The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subotdinates of the secretary of the interior. Bartlett. Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appo…

e person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

o those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.

g a conical form. Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. -- Eight cone. See Cone, 1.…

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light. [R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

s of genius had already begun to show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the meridian and close of Philip's reign. Prescott.

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n.

rn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. -- Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladio…

The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [U.S.]

lade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.