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of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. -- Native american Party (U.…

Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. Lyell.

Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.

stures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.

Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.

a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of c…

ate. See Breccia. A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.

dstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell.

The Eocene formation. Lyell.

Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.

ing an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. ) -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly(#), adv.

ies of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

See Flyer, n., 5.

ing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. Lyell.

ion; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell.

The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.