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Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder. -- Horned ray (Zoöl.), the sea devil. -- Horned screamer (Zoöl.), the kamichi. -- Horned snake (Zoöl.), the…

The European sand eel. [Scot.]

The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).

rse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. Bacon.

An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

ists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

To deposit and cover, as in the grave. Sandys.

A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes generally; --usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.]

A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.

ian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.

nd a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action…

Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidæ, of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.

A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone. Page.

the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call idea. Locke.

Unknown. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys. -- n.

ed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] Sandys.

One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn.

mpress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior.