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The state of being desirous.

art; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.

A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton. A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morné milk. Chaucer.

Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.

A stern man. [Obs.] Burton.

Undesirable.

The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

ap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. -- O*sir"i*an, a.

One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.

Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.

a and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.

Same as Vansire.

Abatement. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

rent part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne.

Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More.

To wander; to stray. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.