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Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.

A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.

One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. [Obs.] Shak.

Containing one part of ten.

A yellow flowered evening primrose (Taraxia, syn. Onothera, ovata) native of California.

A small cup from which to drink tea.

As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.

A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and achænium.]

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

he Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

ne of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.