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e box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.

A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

ond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian Fre…

et of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot. Shak.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

red building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. -- Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common America…

or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. Barbette battery. See Barbette. -- Battery d'enfilade, or Enfilading battery, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. --…

In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

ein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. S. G. Goodrich.

lished by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.

seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

A controversy (1886 --93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the clai…

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

g crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover.

eaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

ts of a party to a suit or action. -- Bill of credit. (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." U. S. Const. Peters. Wharton. Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter se…