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A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [U. S.]

An oblong case in which the silkworn lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

A raccoon. See Raccoon.

A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.

A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.

To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly. Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.

States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close- grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.

A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zoöl.), the umbrella bird.

See Dragonnade.

A dragoon. [Obs.]

A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values.

Each one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Epizoön.

[Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.

One of the Entozoa.

A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.

Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.