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ighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.

A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

ipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. [Obs.] The concord made between Henry and Roderick. Davies.

An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.

God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet. He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.

To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.

To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys.

Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne.

Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak. And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser.

A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]

A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus.

A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidæ.

called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroödextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

Disheveled. [Obs.] Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.

To turn aside. [Obs.] The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

To long; to yearn. [Obs.] And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. Spenser.

To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. To eat humble pie. See under Humble. -- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." Keble. -- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation…