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An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).

A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.

See Scrod.

One of the Sclerodermata.

A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.

The stony corals; the Madreporaria.

Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

The hard integument of Crustacea.

A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. [Written also escrod.] [Local, U.S.]

See Strude. [Obs.]

Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

imp. of Tread. On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson.

An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

One of the Urodela.

Of or pertaining to the Urodela. -- n.

Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.

Ichthyosis.

y irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.

A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.