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To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Partly shrublike.

Being without shrubs.

The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.

An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.

To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.

Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." B. Jonson.

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]

conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father. To name or call after, to name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith.

A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

ers, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

me of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.

amon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.