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Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West.

A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara. [Written also Khamseen.]

eds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.

A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium Karatas).

The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.

green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green Shak.

A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.

The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]

A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by women of Western nations.

range basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.

Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.]…

A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

Having intersecting lines or figures. The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.

A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.

A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.

A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord.]

A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle. [Western U. S.]

A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. Shak.