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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.]

; deceitful. They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere. South.

were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. Prescott.

A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari,…

To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.

met him With customary compliment. Shak. A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

x. Cutlass fish, (Zoöl.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.

That which serves to direct. Southey.

An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close- grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.

A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus.

erry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South. Dash the proud gamesPope.

food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.

To smear; to play the flatterer. His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South.