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A familiar diminutive of John.

A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow.

A tall perennial 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.

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.

Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.

A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.]

See Legislature.

A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.

A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.

A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.

See Loch, a medicine.

The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus).

Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.

One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms.

A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.

An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

The millionth part of an ohm.

An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.