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Born again.

Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram. [R.] Ash.

Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennæ are usually red.

A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.

A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.

ain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]

An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.

The narwhal.

Born of the sea; produced by the sea. "Neptune and his sea-born niece." Waller.

Born or produced by one's self.

Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennæ are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.

Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.

A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

p. p. of Shear.

One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.