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One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.

The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. Shak.

used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs. Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. Shak.

ual numbers. The T cells bear the factor "tallness," the t cells are devoid of it. The offspring, generation F2, which arise from the chance union of these germ cells in pairs, according to the law of probability, are therefore on an average in the following proportions:

The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [Written also mustee.]

The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.

The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a natural gesture, tone, etc.

the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.

Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). -- Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.

The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; --called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.

A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. Nest egg, an egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. Hudibras.

Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale. Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow.

An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

Soft flow; spring. Prior.

The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [Archaic] Nares.