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corns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. -- Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

An old province of France (in the eastern central part).

point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.

A kind of bazaar. [Obs.] She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play.

The European bittern. Johnson.

The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.

of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine.] Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church.See under Greek. -- Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from A.D. 364 or A.D. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, A.D…

all cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

arying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.

ice fly. These larvæ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm. Caddice fly (Zoöl.), a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice.…

The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.

Partnership; as to go in cahoot with a person. [Slang, southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

nd paralytic symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood.

Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which its acts.

A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]

prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.

An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses. thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back or an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modifled; -- commonly called simply the camera.

all cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

orge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]