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lkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.

A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise. Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n.

To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia]

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.

Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.

A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57 -- 2.60.

A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the choir, for the clergy and choristers.