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ingilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.

An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.

A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.

Lengthwise. Addison.

Lengthwise.

The tunny. See Albicore.

A thrust or pass; a lunge.

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

Along the shore or coast.

See Longshoreman.

Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

Along. [Obs.]

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.

imp. of Cling. [Obs.]

A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring.

chnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.

In the direction of the edge. [Obs.] Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.

To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]