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A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

A large subdivision of fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. [Obs.]

usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

ntic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.

A large house. [Obs.] Swift.

A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] Nares.

ned from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce. Bacon. Ure.

A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).

Having a bay or bays. "The large bayed barn." Drayton.

An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

d, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.