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A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.

ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.

Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).

o tear from a foundation; to uproot. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.

A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock. Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to ope…

One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh- water tortoises and terrapins.

Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.

Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.

Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.

; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.

mall, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.

A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and…

Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego. -- n.