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A drilling or tamping rod.

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift.

A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.

nus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.

h are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one- sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering. The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper.

ll, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

adisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt, bret, or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]

An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n.

A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. "Fierce blaze of riot." "His blaze of wrath." Shak. For what is glory but the blaze of fame Milton.

, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.

A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.

e: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

en; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] -- Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. -- Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official…

with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.

A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

ts and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. -- Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary.