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A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

n is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always controllable by reason. South.

a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]

A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur

A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]

A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). -- Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. -- Coral wood, a hard,…

uring horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. Bartlett.

hich, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.

nic. The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.

of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

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

A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor countervail for the bitterness of the review. South.

A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.

A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. Barlett.

etous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. South.

A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

ally, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.