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The sailor's choice (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides).

A kingbolt of a wagon.

To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America. Squier.

Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. Indian plantain. (Bot.) See under Indian. -- Mud plantain, a home…

Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue. [R.]

ystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.

Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineæ) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.

Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

m, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

e mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, or side, opera glass.

Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.

To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms. Began to hem him round with ported spears. Milton. Port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed…

Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.

A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together.

or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. Jeffrey.

Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]

the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests. "The priests of Dagon." 1 Sam. v. 5. Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people. Acts xiv. 13. Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, t…