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A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.

Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge.

Tristearin.

A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive- green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.…

A woman who has borne one child.

To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. [R.] Young.

Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless. [R.] Your unparagoned mistress is dead. Shak.

Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched. The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the United States, under every suffering and discouragement, was little short of a miracle. Washington.

Inseparable. [Obs.] "In love unseparable." Shak.

A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. Johnson's Cyc.

The monitor. See Monitor, 3.

One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.

A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.

The benefice of a vicar.

division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.

The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.

Zaffer.

Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian. Tylor.