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for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump. [Spelt also elaterometer.]

a, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

ndian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]

One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.] Kaffir corn (Bot.), a Cape Colony name for Indian millet.

A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird. [Spelt also mynah.]

mbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]

An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]

The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]

Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat." Bacon. Peregrine falcon (Zoöl.), a courageous and swift falcon (Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly bl…

The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

inert amorphous white powder, PN2H, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus. [Spelt also phosphame.] -- Phos"pham"ic, a.

me, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. [Spelt also poley.] Poly mountain. See Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.

A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]

h fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.

sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth. [Spelt also ryal.] Brande & C.

found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. -- Savanna sparrow (Zoöl.), an American sparrow…

A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] "His skean, or pistol." Spenser.

Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also slazy.]