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Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak. Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.

perfect days. Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots o…

ounger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.

k and curved shore." Wordsworth. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. Sir T. Browne.

y above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.

and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.

A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.

e. Shak. Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin. Mrs. Browning.

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab.

es. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black.

a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.

Acquaintance; kindred. And my near kith for sore me shend. W. Browne. The sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow. Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote.

To bite or nibble. [Obs.] Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw iron. Sir T. Browne.

A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.

e four corners. Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. Shak.

, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.