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ed by subjecting it to the action of rynning water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.

A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel- brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

sually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.

The principal part; the most valuable portion. The chief of the things which should be utterly destroyed.1. Sam. xv. 21

Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

mily of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.

A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.

The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

nuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.

The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

ed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

le, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.

A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]

Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.