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The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

- Button snakeroot. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. -- Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies.…

fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.

law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See Etagere.

To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct.

ly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.

Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. "The caged cloister." Shak.

ical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

ng to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are…

A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.