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The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]

A striped satin made in India. McElrath.

A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.

A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

ents by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

Allurement. [R.] Hayward.

ican military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward.

The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

ish, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward.

Approbation. I did nothing without your approvement. Hayward.

Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. -- Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common A…

A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]

The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] Hayward.

A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.