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The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations. [Australia]

accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. S. G. Goodrich.

as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

A kind of large knife resembling a machete. [Phil. Islands]

An exchange for the transaction of business. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]

A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

eligion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvâna) as the greatest good. Buddhists be…

al navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. Blackstone.

The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

A king of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes cal…

the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. -- Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms…

it of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut ( candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses.

d in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry, white wine.

an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. -- Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.

r jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).