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The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.

Dissolution; degeneration; decay. [R.] Sad catalysis and declension of piety. Evelyn.

The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

Fit to be felled. [Obs.] Eyelyn.

of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8. For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn.

a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

Blowing around. [Obs.] Evelyn.

The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. Evelyn.

See Climacteric. Evelyn.

to unite in a mass. Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. Evelyn.

but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly…

To partake of a collation. [Obs.] May 20, 1658, I . . . collationed in Spring Garden. Evelyn.

A small hill or mount. [Obs.] And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

s.] Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. Evelyn.

Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.] A conceited chair to sleep in. Evelyn.

Broken; uneven. [Obs.] "Confragose cataracts." Evelyn.

o a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.] The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.

A conservatory. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.