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A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.

Same as Oarweed.

To surpass in sweetness. [R.] Shak.

To weed out. [Obs.]

To exceed in weeping.

egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.

One who overweens. [R.] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke.

Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.

The pewit, or lapwing.

Same as Pewit (a & b).

The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zoöl.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.

A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's- quarters.

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

See Poke, the plant.

us Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. Choke pondweed, an American water weed (Anarcharis, or Elodea, Canadensis.) See Anacharis. -- Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.

A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.

Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.