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A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

g, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

ing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a consrvatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

A large swan. B. Jonson.

A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).

ly close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle…

A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

mense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.

ra. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.

The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine.

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.