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representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. Greenhill.

Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. M. Green.

A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also skorodite.]

toria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. J. R. Green.

The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.

f several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.

A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.

wither, Zend hush to dry. sq. root152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton. I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.

Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.

rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.

of pink. White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. Locke.

To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.

A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a bean." Chapman.

An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.

A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

this. Shak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. Gay.

[Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt.

nnial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.

to color in spots or patches. The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson. To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him" Sir W. Scott.