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ing dust involve the sky. Pope. We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]. Kane.

An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."

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

Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]

Without fog; clear. Kane.

nd her are covered by a strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters. Kane. -- Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe, hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to freeze. -- Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane.

Asquint; askance; obliquely.

The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

r course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.)., a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color, -- Hare's lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it…

A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.

A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Krauth-Fleming.

The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.

under Glacial. -- Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. Kane. -- Ice blink Etym: [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. -- Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; a…

The state of being closely surrounded, crowded, or pressed, as by ice. [R.] Kane.

Of or pertaining to infiltration. Kane.

A situation or position beneath. Kane.

A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger.