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A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [India] Yule.

A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a purée of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.

A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.

The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." Golf Rules.

The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.

See Rapparee.

h century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also raparee.]

A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope.

To agree again.

The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.

One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet. Shak.

e of a roof; hence, the roof itself. Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson.

A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).…

The frame of a saddle. For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. Cowper.

Sea-green in color. Shak.

Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.

The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.

See under Green.

Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.