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magine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.

A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. -- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrali…

lo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. Ecclus. xxiv. 15.

meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. Pope.

part; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

surrounding or pervading influence or condition. The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne.

xtracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne.

udied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

Past the middle of life; in the third stage. An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the ~ point. -- ~= point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.…

Babble. Hawthorne.

ith up. He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne.

A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell.

The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, an…

ch anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.

The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

Having horns, or antlers. Beamy stags in toils engage. Dryden.