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el of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia]

That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. eccl. v. 12.

A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [East Indies]

Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer. To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton. Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope. Poet laureate. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath…

t yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

f a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.

The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.

A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.

To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.

Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.

A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.

Coarse plain India muslins.

A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.

e). -- Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas. -- Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall S. cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low S. juncea is a common component of salt hay. -- Marsh harrier (Zoöl.), a European hawk or har…

A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).

A coarse cloth.

ng and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.