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See Sith, Sithe. [Obs.] Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

Scythe. [Obs. or R.]

A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decompposable by acids and readily fusible.

The quinnat salmon. [Local, U.S.]

A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.

exual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vege…

Same as Thallogen.

Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

Of or pertaining to thermolysis.

Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.

An igneous rock,usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.

Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.

A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals.

of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." Holland.

A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.

Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.

See Tithe.

See Tithing.