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"Giants of mighty bone." Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.

the Atlantic, and O. furcata of the North Pacific. -- Mother Carey's goose (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar of the Pacific. See Fulmar. -- Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a nævus.

huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

Giants. Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.

An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. Maccaulay.

the genus Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere. -- Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar. -- Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape. -- Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.…

A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. [Obs.] Wyclif (Mark vi. 27).

A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat. [Obs.]

Solidofied material in a furnace hearth. Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair or wool (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.

Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.

In some degree or measure; a little. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton. Somewhat back from the village street. Longfellow.

t lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant. -- Squid hound (Zoöl.), the striped bass.

ge antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.

jabiru. -- Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Javanica). -- Giant stork, the adjutant. -- Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See Jabiru. -- Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium; -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation…

The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.

The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.

Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant. [Written also tergiant.]

Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.

he trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.