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Basking in the sun. [R.]

Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

ivil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

Rising; ascending. Ruskin.

Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.

or making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.

The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.

Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

rat (Zoöl.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster). -- Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver. -- Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

ngage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. S. G. Goodrich.

African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms. I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3.

A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame. [Alaska] The Century.

ry acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [Written also blimbi and blimbing.]

A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.

To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.