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ommon on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbæus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; - - called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

Gay to extravagance; flighty. It makes the mind loose and garish. South. -- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Garish*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.

A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.

A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).

f climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.

A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.

A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.]

billus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

social party at which the german is danced. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literatu…

e of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.

A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.] Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite. South.

yes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey.

Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South.

To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. Chaucer. A false, glozing parasite. South. So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.

An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.

One of a family (glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.

One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.]

these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. South.