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To germinate; to bud; to sprout. Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Bacon. But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden.

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town. Dryden. Shriek owl. (Zoöl.) (a) The screech owl. (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.

untain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada. The wild sierra overhead. Whitter.

. See under 1st File. -- Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose. -- Single knot. See Illust. under Knot. -- Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.

Wild; timid; shy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A sort of wild plum. [Obs.] Holland.

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]

A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

oy; as, smiling spring; smilimg plenty. The desert smiled, And paradise was opened in the wild. Pope.

oman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.] And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self- possessed. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. Druden. No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.…

merly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.

from society; a lonely life; loneliness. Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face Cowper.

The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder.

The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.

A herd of wild hogs.

To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.] And loved in forests wild to space. Spenser.

. Burrill. -- Special property (Law), a qualified or limited ownership possession, as in wild animals, things found or bailed. -- Special session, an extraordinary session; a session at an unusual time or for an unusual purpose; as, a special session of Congress or of a legislature. -- Special statute, or Special la…

(Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.

The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.