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merican clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidæ. They are allied to the ovenbirds.

ria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.

by its motility. One species, the Spirochæte Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

Splent. Splint armor,a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely. -- Splint bone (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals.…

ce. -- Split pulley, a parting pulley. See under Pulley. -- Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it. -- Split ticket, a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated…

months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring." Shak.

What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn Milton.

The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

od by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib. -- Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall. -- Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.

tch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. Mrs. Browning.

To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

ple; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. Shak.

The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor. Fairholt.

The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.