Search the Dictionary

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. Lam. iv. 20.

The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.

A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. Sir T. North.

Led by pixies; bewildered.

To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges. Bp. Hall.

The foramen of Monro. B. G. Wilder.

The inferior vena cava. -- Post"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.

of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure. B. G. Wilder.

The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this is the "potato" of the Southern United States. -- Wild potato. (Bot.) (a) A vine (Ipomoea pandurata) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant (I. fastigiata) which it is thought ma…

The superior vena cava. -- Præ"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.