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ft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.

A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

ng the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.

The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.

Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor…

ted States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.

The spotted squeteague.

sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.

f the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.

ze. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fsten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. They show how hard they are set in this particular. Addison.

An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there Weep our sad bosoms empty. Shak.

Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray.

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald. [Prov. Eng.]

A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. "Bespotted as with shields of red and black." Spenser.

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson. To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him" Sir W. Scott.

Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.