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sed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] -- Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as,…

A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.

An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. Coleridge. Horned bee (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. -- Horned dace (Zo…

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.

ral species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

breeds beneath the human skin, thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in Append. -- Itch mite. (Zoöl.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox. -- Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. -- Wash…

o place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8. Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. Shak. Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.

s (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.

An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.

parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

trate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.

belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.

to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. -- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.…