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Full of marrow; pithy.

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak.

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.

One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.

The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

The condition or quality of being narrow.

A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.

A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.

A sea purse.

rds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under…

Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under Asparagus.

An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.

The reed warbler. [Prov. Eng.]

A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

The state of being absent; withdrawal. [R.] Barrow.

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.