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d as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

Bad port wine; any commo wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.

A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.

A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.

An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

ation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character. This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it. Addison.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.

A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.