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A measuring rod. Ascham.

To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring.

Rowan tree. Rowan barry, a barry of the rowan tree.

A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).…

The neurilemma.

The substance of the medullary sheath.

Chinese abacus.

The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

See Sea girdles.

See Schwan-pan.

See Sowens.

ceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.

The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.

A corruption of Swan-upping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

imp. of Swing.

One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.

See Swainmote.

An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.