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s, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and th…

ure. He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. Dampier.

See Aniline. [Obs.]

A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.

A nile boat

A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. Wood.

A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.

In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

ecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. Macaulay.

the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or "the old moon in the arms of the new."

ore large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M. electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. -- Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. -- Electric current, a current or stream of electricity…

s of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

rocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; -- called also fluanil.

Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.

us Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales.

To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] Cornill Mag.

Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent. The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. Tennyson.

The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.

One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.