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ion. Coleridge. Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.

A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.

Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.

ency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton.

light disorder or illness. Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set sickness. Hayward.

t; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. Hayward.

A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.

s a soul. The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings. Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car. It is now known that any death within…

al grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.

Liable to trial in a court of justice. [Obs.] Hayward.

store. Like a pedant that keeps a school. Shak. Every one of them kept house by himself. Hayward.

To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. Cut hay when it begins to knot. Mortimer.

t; a clown. [Obs.] The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon. Hayward.

Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants. To crouch in litter of your stable planks. Shak. Take off the litter from your kernel beds. Evelyn.

In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously. Hayward.

e by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak.

hor esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited. Hayward.

rulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward.