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oleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

he etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.

(Zoögeography) Pert. to or designating a region including most of Europe and northern Africa south to the Sahara.

A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.

Pertaining to externalism North Am. Rev.

One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin. The northern people large and fair-complexioned. Sir M. Hale.

Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." Dryden.

a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.

A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]

A large Dutch coasting vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.

A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.

ch stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

falls off; alopecy. -- Fox grape (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba. -- Fox hunter. (a) On…

A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.