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The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. W. H. Russell.

depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.

A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.

the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.

A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]

be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging.…

ocese) and at least two witnesses. The decree was issued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany.

United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.

A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. Mock nightingale. (Zoöl.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).

Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa. -- n.

A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. "The octaves of Easter." Jer. Taylor.

.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. [None] to the offering before her should go. Chaucer. Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.

Eastern; oriental. "The orient part." Hakluyt.

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne.

An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.