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Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. Dutch auction. See under Auction. -- Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. -- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape. -- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens…

A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an Amer…

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.

the earth of a fox. Macaulay. They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. Holland.

Made of earth; earthy. [Obs.] Holland.

The earthworm. [Obs.] The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.

ceding; going out; falling; shallow; low. The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland.

out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

Elephantiasis. [Obs.] Holland.

To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.

A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]

To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.

The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.

Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

Borne on the petals or corolla.

One who espies; a spy; a scout. [Obs.] "Their espials . . . brought word." Holland.

ible. The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.

To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.