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n undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.

in the plural. Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. Addison.

ty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grace"ful*ness, n.

Not spent in study. [Obs.] "To cloak the defects of their unstudied years." Milton.

The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.

also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart.

full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting. -- Wash bottle. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing soluble constituents. (b)…

The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.

One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. Milton.

To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

To soak; also, to beat severely. [Prov. Eng.]

ed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle is made by soaking a "stocking" in a solution of nitrates of thorium and cerium (approx. 99 : 1), drying, and, for use, igniting to burn the thread and convert the nitrates into oxides, which remain as a fragile ash. The light far exceeds tha…

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. "Wet cheeks." Shak.

of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood. -- White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak. -- White owl. (Zoöl.) (a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl. -- White partridge (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan. -- White perch. (Zoöl.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana) valued as a…

A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.

double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. C. Kingsley.

he best means for accomplishing them; sagacious. When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks. Shak. From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. 2 Tim. iii. 15.

A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.