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Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written bass.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. Dryden.

of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females.

A baker; originally, a female baker. [Old Eng. & Scotch]

A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also bajadere.]

ng over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line. Quart. Rev.

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

A male goat. [Colloq.]

mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zoöl.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill…

he genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.

The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); - - so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.

The female salmon in the spawning season.

olery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay.

alian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.

mon in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.

A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]

The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [Colloq.]

The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.