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variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

The bichir. See Crossopterygii.

Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish. A very ancient and fishlike smell. Shak.

An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]

Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.

See under Gar.

A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

Like a ghost; ghastly.

A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]

Like a goat; goatish.

Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.

Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak.

A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment. [Written also hyke.] Heyse.

The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.

Chinese maritime customs.

A Chinese weight ( 1/10 catty) equivalent to 1 1/3 oz. or 37.801 g.

A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.

See Hara-kiri.