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A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubæa and Bæotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.…

head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.

One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.

genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.

An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

A mope; a drone. [Obs.] Swift.

A kind of turnip. See Navew.

A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

A small or petty work.

An opuscule. Smart.