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Not stained with gore; not bloodied. Sylvester.

Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. [Obs.] Sylvester.

To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] Sylvester.

A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.]

To make different; to vary; to variegate. [R.] Sylvester.

obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.

tive. -- Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] Holland. -- Vine forester (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvæ feed on the leaves of the grapevine. -- Vine fretter (Zoöl.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that injuries the grapevine.…

A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] Warehouseman's itch (Med.), a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen.

, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell.

p. the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood stage. [Western U. S.]

A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.

A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidæ.

Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. This shall be your west border. Num. xxxiv. 6. West en…

A westerner. [R.]

Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

The western region or countries; the west.

v. Eng.] Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub (Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe. -- Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or furze, to feed cattle on. -- Whin Sparrow (Zoöl.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] -- Whin Thrush (Zoöl.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

te rot, under Rot. -- White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub (Eurotia lanata) of Western North America; -- called also winter fat. -- White salmon (Zoöl.), the silver salmon. -- White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. -- White scale (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii) injurious to the…