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Same as Asafetida.

Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterocious.

Quality of being autocious.

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curca…

A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.

A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.

Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n.

A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Behoves or behooves. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett.

A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, "The itch for writing". Addison.

sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.

The act or art of using a canoe.

A canoeman.

One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

See Chigoe.

lesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.]