Search the Dictionary

lants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

South Dakota; -- a nickname.

A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote.

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

An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).

To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]. Southey.

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.

es. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak. Absurd opinions crawl about the world. South.

nguished from agendum, a practical duty. The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South.

credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. South.

diously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.

be of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote.

l moment, the exact point, the critical minute, on which every good work so much depends. South. Critical angle (Optics), that angle of incidence of a luminous ray at which it is wholly reflected, and no portion of it transmitted. The sine of this angle is the reciprocal of the refractive index of the medium. -- Criti…

; that is, a star having four long points only. -- Cross of Calvary. See Calvary, 3. -- Southern cross. (Astron.) See under Southern. -- To do a thing on the cross, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] -- To take up the cross, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Chr…

st of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping. [Southwestern U. S.]

The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [Written also condurango.]