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To procrastinate. [Obs.]

A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.

See Koklass.

See Quitch grass.

A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

An idle, ragged person. Nares. Grose.

The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.

A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass. Italian ray, or rye, grass. See Darnel, and Grass.

See Sarrasin.

The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.

A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]

An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar…

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

Eelgrass.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

The office or authority of a seraskier.

See Seraskier.

See Seraskierate.

The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.

Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.