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A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

s of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake. Ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement. Milton.

The burbot of Lake Ontario.

A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]

A small lake; a pond. [Scot.] A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller.

A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.

A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon. Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.

nner of means, not at all; certainly not; not in any degree. The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so good as that on the other. Addison.

See Mere, a lake.

A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.

to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood. Till at the last aslaked was mood. Chaucer. Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything. Shak. The desperate recklessness of her mood. Hawthorne.

species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon, esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters.

A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]

s found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.

one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.