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itary position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

akly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak.

ys its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.

A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]

There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton (1632).

An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.

A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.

A stall for oxen or other cattle. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.

To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Hence: A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler. Lord Dufferin.

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

er forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cubor kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor.

ft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.

Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.

The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.

To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.] Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. Shak.