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A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

A young swan. Shak.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. Wordsworth.

The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

isappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away. Addison He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. Shak.

Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree. The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Shak. Full of the moon, the time of full moon.

The European whistling, or wild, swan (Olor cygnus); -- called also hooper swan, whooping swan, and elk.

shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna (C. Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna. -- Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under Summer. -- Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See Lobelia. -- Indian turnip (Bot.…

To spread out; -- said of wings. The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. Milton.

Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal. Mute swan (Zoöl.), a European wild white swan (Cygnus gibbus), which produces no loud notes.

Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet. Milton. Addison.

A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] Bow pen. See Bow-pen. -- Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. -- Drawing, or Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. -- Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric. -- Music pen, a pen having five points f…

roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer. To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." Shak.

To erect in a ruff, as feathers. [the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. Tennyson.

ery year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, and sweinmote.] Blackstone.

Hence, a number of animals moving together. A long team of snowy swans on high. Dryden.

An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.

llied, or gray, plover. -- Whistling snipe (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. -- Whistling swan. (Zoöl.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan. -- Whistling teal (Zoöl.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India. -- Whistling thrus…

wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.