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The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

rychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]

The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

The hooded merganser.

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See Forkbeard (a).

The hooded merganser. [ Local, U.S. ]

rluck.] Dryden. It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded! Longfellow.

The hooded merganser.

To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit. To weather a point. (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition. -- To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.…

n trees, whence the name. Called also bridal duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata). -- Wood echo, an echo from the wood. -- Wood engraver. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zoöl.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larvæ bore beneath…