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To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.

Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.

An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.

The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.

One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.

(Zoöl.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to defendant in a common law action.

The leipoa. See Leipoa.

A fight in which the combatants are mingled

A bleeding at the nose.

To exceed in sleeping. Shak.

To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve.

An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palæechini. [Written also Palæechinoidea.]

One who uses a pistol. [R.] Carlyle.

meal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. [Written also skilligolee, skillygalee, etc.]

To slay. [Obs.] Chaucer.