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trite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.

nd of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay.

A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane. (Zoöl.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

ce of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat.

The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.

The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

rple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceæ inhabiting a temperate clime.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole.

A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.

To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak.

he act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.