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veness; vanity. " A spirit of levity and libertinism." Atterbury. He never employed his omnipotence out of levity. Calamy.

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallæ.

The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

The nipple.

Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.

Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammæ.

Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.

Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).

Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.

in salt marshes. -- Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore , a kind of limonite. -- Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip. -- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. -- Meadow pipit (Zoöl.), a small singing bird of the genus Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe. -- Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus Tha…

Uniparous; laying a single egg.

Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

A kind of turnip. See Navew.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

Catnip.

A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.

A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

echanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.

Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. Prior.