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The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

f numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift.

An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.

Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter. [R.]

A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree.

passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.

Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.

in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.

Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements. Knew you of this fair work Shak.

place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast.

Of or pertaining to a coast.

See Oast.

To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.

One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.

hell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. -- Sea otter. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

See Oast.

be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.