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A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817. The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one s…

dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are marked by da…

To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

ct of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey. If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. Sir I. Newton…

ing; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle. Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood. Walpole.

h was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.

One who writes about or describes the sea.

To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. Spenser.

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. Bacon.

A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.

e or hold with the hand. Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. Luke xxiv. 39. About his altar, handling holy things. Milton.

hat they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson (Utopia). For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him. Spenser.

ft with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. "If any one among you hangs back." Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; t…

One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith.

older, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.

vest bug. -- Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse (Mus…

ham. Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land. Pope. Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

To persist in staying or visiting. I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.