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The wild radish. Dr. Prior.

Rye grass, Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel. -- Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.

t tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton. Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Na…

ut some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny. Dryden. Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for the preservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted.

ng to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.

The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.

d with hair. By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! Shak.

ymbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10.

A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield.

ture of scenery; theatrical. All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.

g; to score the back with a lash. Let us score their backs. Shak. A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold.

A flock of wild fowl.

the south of Europe and in the West Indies. Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder. -- Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.

Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection. B. G. Wilder.

Wild thyme.

An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

d also sheep pest, and sheep louse. -- Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. -- Wild sheep. (Zoöl.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oörial.