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Joyance. [R.] Carlyle.

A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.

One who uses a kayak.

Wharfage; quayage.

A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

A churchyard. [Scot.]

The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]

Amboyna wood.

A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle. [Western U. S.]

See Cyanite.

To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

Aniline. [Obs.]

Same as Cyanophyll.

Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir.

A daw. [Scot.]

One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.

Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.

sir John ! But why come you in arms -To help King Edward in his time of storm, As every loyal subject ought to do. Shak.

A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.