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Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. Shipley.

Western; occidental. [R.] Blount.

An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.

A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).

of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.

en first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

-- applied to measurements. -- Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] -- To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc. -- To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy. -- Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).

transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]

A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light- colored bark.

A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. Gray.

A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.

settlement of accounts. -- Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] -- Pay office, a place where payment is made. -- Pay roll, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.

Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U. S.]

- applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens of which bring great prices in the Western countries.

A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]

Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.

is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake (P. Sayi) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. -- Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. -- Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called fro…

of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.

of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.