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The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

ntaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Bernard (Zoöl.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired a…

A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.]

An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.

essed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6. Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king's table, and lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. Boswell.

The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.

The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard. [Prov. Eng.]

uhar. Hazlitt. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard). Extreme unction (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.), the sacrament of anointing in the last hours; the application of consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of de…

t a fixed or certain value; also, priceless. "Amethyst unpriced." Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).

h the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.

tuned. Milton. Be sober and keep vigil, The Judge is at the gate. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).

The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.

d dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. -- Wolf eel (Zoöl.), a wolf fish. -- Wolf fish (Zoöl.), any one…