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A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.

Quality or state of being viridescent.

Slightly green; greenish.

Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvæ live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin.…

One who abides, or continues. [Obs.] "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney.

On all sides; around. 'Tis time to look about. Shak.

consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

omable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. -- Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of the tides, under Priming. -- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any…

Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

o reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. Lardner.

ich bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

st with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. Hersche Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. -- Now and again, now and then; occasionally. -- To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe.

us or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).