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The wife of a margrave.

Mauve-colored.

Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.

A nervine agent.

A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.

Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman.

To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. [Obs.] Johnson.

A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.

der; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." Chaucer. Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson.

A torrent of water. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India.

A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrho…

The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.

See Sops of wine, under Sop.

Affected with spavin.

The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. Bp. Hall.

Native potassium chloride.