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A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. Swift.

nd uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. Shak.

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

-- Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to t…

a, and B. isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.

pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

eir places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. J. Warton.

only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.

rass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9.

ants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip. Shak.

In French games, a pair royal, or triplet.

Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.

A copier of a manuscript.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]

To expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan.