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n or great tunny (Orcynus or Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse. [Written also thynny.]…

es or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle g…

The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.

A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four- lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.

an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. [Obs.] [Written also wode.] Our hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood. Chaucer.

f the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright- colored.

equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

ort, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.

a barnyard. A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer. Chaucer.