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To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore.

native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

rsons, parties, or states, having different interests. A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. J. Randolph. The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.

A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.

A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]

ophus, or Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. Cock"a*trice, n. Etym: [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F.…

dium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.

The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.

A light boat. To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.

A joint defendant. Blackstone.

One to whom a fine of land was ackowledged. Blackstone.

One who ackowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.

A kind of small black perch.

A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

ite flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.