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wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on its head and neck.

te by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. Pope.

The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

ary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.

A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.

A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia.

To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.

A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

The last board of a floor when laid down.

To bruise; to grind coarsely; as, kibbled oats. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

he subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard.

That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. eccl. v. 12.

The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.

ip, which is turned toward the land. (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land. -- Land snail (Zoöl.), any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm…

which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.