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Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidæ, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.

An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs.

The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.

Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.

Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.

See Sea snail (a).

The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]

The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).

wifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

The pintail duck.

The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [Local, U.S.]

Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.

A sail extended by a sprit.

To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.

A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]

Any sail extended on a stay.

The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.