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One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

osition of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.

altitude. Sir W. Scott. Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.

A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)

e to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. South.

To walk; to move about. [R.] Southey.

d to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

A kind of viper in southern Europe. [Obs.]

me of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. Southey.

pic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.

A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.

en with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.

or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n.

An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.