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The alburnum, or part of the wood on any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from Heartwood.

The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.

Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.

Elecampane.

A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpides) of Southern Europe, having curved pods.

See Scratch coat.

Sea cabbage.

A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.

See Sea chickweed.

The wolf fish.

A sea slater.

The bar-tailed godwit.

A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.

The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.

Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

Dry wood. [Written also searwood.] [Obs.] Dryden.

The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.

The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.

A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.

Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. Cotgrave.