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A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

edom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

as, economic purposes; economical truths. These matters economical and political. J. C. Shairp. There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey. Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. H. C. Baird.

ve by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.

on the mind; sensation produced. Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. J. C. Shairp. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving.

The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

h of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number. His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton. On either side . . . was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2. The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd).

se of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. Elf all my hair in knots. Shak.

Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

n it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards. J. C. Shairp.

Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.

e easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

s) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.

fact; being; essence; existence. Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. Shairp. Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification. Bentley.

art of a period. The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures. J. C. Shairp.

An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

rking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. C. L. Flint.