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The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]

To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. To hymn the bright of the Lord. Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.

Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G. West.

s.] Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry. J. Fletcher.

A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

One of the Insessores. The group includes most of the common singing birds.

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

le, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. Milton. Invisible bird (Zoöl.), a small, shy singing bird (Myadestes sibilons), of St. Vincent Islands. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

de musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube.

Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidæ.

Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidæ). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, ver…

The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.

Music or singing in honor of any one.

A German men's chorus or singing club.

under Parsnip. -- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. -- Meadow pipit (Zoöl.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe. -- Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. -- Meadow saffron. (…

eding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.

A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidæ.

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The n…