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udice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.

Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. --n.

ants. Called also May bug or May beetle. -- June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.

One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.…

A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]

d to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oïdium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes.

A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. Your black patches you wear variously. Beau. & Fl.

A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.

nus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).

ng pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. "The pricks of conscience." A. Tucker.

ay make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. A. Tucker.

ufts of feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zoöl.) A large long-legged raptorial bird (Gypogeranus serpentarius), native of South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and some other tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest…

Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers. A. Tucker.

ing hit, as an object. When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. A. Tucker.

A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. Shak. Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. Goldsmith.

metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift.