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One of the United States. Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass. -- Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few see…

Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. Kent. Bouvier. Burrill.

A meadow. See Lea. [Obs.] Dryden.

A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. "Plow-torn leas." Shak. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

everal species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

Grass or meadow land; a lea.

To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.

The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.

ves, growing in wet places; - - called also water pennywort. -- Marsh quail (Zoöl.), the meadow lark. -- Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (S. Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender. -- Marsh samphire (Bot.),…

A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.] Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.

A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.

See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed. [Obs.]

, Mead. See Meathe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A meadlike drink. [Obs.]

A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay.

arked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." Drayton.

ite-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.