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its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. -- Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.

New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.

Georgia; -- a nickname.

Missouri; -- a nickname.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of L. floridus, from florida flowery. See Florid.

An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

y, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy…

California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. [Low, U. S.]

Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.

Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.

A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [U.S.]

Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin.

Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]

, and often the chief, ingredient of meteorites. It invariably contains a small amount of nickel and cobalt. Cf. Meteorite. -- Pig iron, the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs. -- Reduced iron. See under Reduced. -- Specular iron. See Hematite. -- Too many irons…

A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. Shak.