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Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious. The only wise-like thing I heard anybody say. Sir W. Scott.

A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer. So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax.

. We might have withheld our political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. Moore.

Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoögenic, zoölogy, etc.

oid of sense, to fill up the meter A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. Shak.

arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a…

riding academy; the Academy of Music. Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

Spine-bearing. Gray.

Acerose; needle-shaped.

Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

Needle-shaped; acicular.

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

Acute-angled.

ee of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.

Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. Addison.

The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.