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tructure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. Gray.

A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.

Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray.

m aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

lus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at t…

A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.

A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.

An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. Booth.

Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth.

y (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. [Written also ouanderoo.]

the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. Longfellow.

3. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Gray.

of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.

ed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also bee moth. -- Wax myrtle. (Bot.) See Bayberry. -- Wax painting, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients, under…

-- Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white.

The common grayish or white variety of soapolite.

A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat…

cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight." Gray. Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled their course. Milton.

Woad-waxed. Gray.

Anything that moves with a whirling motion. He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust. Carlyle.