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A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.

es the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.

A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. Sir T. Browne.

ill jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. R. Browning.

eemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. Sir T. Browne.

Causing joyfulness. [R.] This all joysome grove. T. Browne.

Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak. Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.

perfect days. Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots o…

ounger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.

k and curved shore." Wordsworth. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. Sir T. Browne.

y above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.

and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.

A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.

e. Shak. Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin. Mrs. Browning.

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab.

es. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.