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Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.

A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.

Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.

A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

Norwegian. [Obs.] Shak.

A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

, Annoyance. [Obs.] Spenser.

A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

See Nias.

The coloring matter of red wines.

Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows; as, ondoyant glass.

Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. "Orkneyan skerries." Longfellow.

See Oriel.

Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; - - contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.

Same as Hydroxylamine.

See Hæmacyanin.