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The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.

Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant.

A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]

The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.

Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. J. Goodman.

Not bearing fruit; not fructiferous.

To wrinkle. [Obs.]

Incorrect, but common, var. of Zastrugi.

(the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like. He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. Addison.

To make smart. [Obs.]

To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln.

One who struggles.

A trough, or tray. Specifically:

A brothel. [Obs.] Robert Greene.

An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.

Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind, and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This formation results from the erosion of transverse waves previously formed.

A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

e; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.