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The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

Embattled. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Spenser. -- n.

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.

The black-tailed deer (Cervus or Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.

A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.

An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.

Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.

The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

See under Cat.

See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.

A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, glat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.

rd. [Slang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.

The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). [Obs.] At the countretaille, in return. Chaucer.

Having the tail cropped.

A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Dovetail.