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n of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso. -- n.

f the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvæ are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.

nic is the usual form. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood.

etheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. Waller.

Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." Spenser.

without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull. Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl.

alect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oïl, F. oui).

Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

yards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.

he muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. Shak. He laugheth that winneth. Heywood's Prov.…

of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i. The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the fac…

lied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Ga…

Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson.

he lies in his coffin. The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. Dryden.

The brightness of the eye or eyes. He seemed to find his way without his eyes; For out o'door he went without their helps, And, to the last, bended their light on me. Shak.

To entangle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. Tennyson.

t apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes. I have a goodly heritage. Ps. xvi. 6.

the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.

Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.