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Variegated; striped. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

Surrounding the tracheæ.

The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it.

One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.

One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects. How shall they hear without a preacher Rom. x. 14.

The office of a preacher. "The preachership of the Rolls." Macaulay.

Same as Malacopoda.

Same as Malacopoda.

A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.[Obs.]

The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung.

One who reaches.

One who reproaches.

A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.

A small bag. See Satchel.

A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.

The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dr. T. Dwight.

Office or condition of a sachem.

A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefe, garments, etc., to perfume them.

One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.