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A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. [Obs.]

See Buffer, 1.

A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

ng a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals. -- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where t…

The quality of being chuffy.

ead human body is inclosed for burial. They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26.

Having no coffin.

A British wagtail.

A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.

; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! Shak. He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. Dryden. To be confined, to be in childbed.

Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.

aint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison.

One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.