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sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.

Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. Dutch auction. See under Auction. -- Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. -- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape. -- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens…

A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an Amer…

the earth of a fox. Macaulay. They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. Holland.

Made of earth; earthy. [Obs.] Holland.

The earthworm. [Obs.] The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.

eceding; going out; falling; shallow; low. The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland.

g out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

Elephantiasis. [Obs.] Holland.

To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.

A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]

To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.

The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.

One who espies; a spy; a scout. [Obs.] "Their espials . . . brought word." Holland.

To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.

rsion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

py; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.

To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.