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The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.

The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. -- Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.

re stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences. Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance. Swift.

capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less prop…

The law that the maximum good signaling distance varies directly as the square of the height of the transmitting antenna.

, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. Sir W. Scott.

r, etc. -- Meal worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.

An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. [Eng.]

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.

Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.

One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.

tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. -- Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex. -- Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, un…

The testes, or spermaries, of fishes when filled with spermatozoa.

the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.

An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. Fairholt.

from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.