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Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.

ect; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. We lurked under lee. Morte d'Arthure. Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. Tyndall.

upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands.

ant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.

Of or having to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. De Foe.

l brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.

ommon parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers.

Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

ssing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak. Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland. "Invaded the main of Spain." Bacon.

The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula. Dryden. After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. Hawthorne.

One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.

A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.