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See Antiorgastic.

A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.

A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.

Sugar cane, as it

Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.

A cargo. [Obs.]

; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

An ventriloquist. [Obs.]

to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

Epigastric.

Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.

The upper part of the abdomen.

To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.

The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch.

A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.

Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.