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ow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions. -- n.

A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.

e front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).

Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

Any sea tortoise.

Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

Any species of Thalaassinidæ, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

The study or science of the life of marine organisms. Agassiz.

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Ah! alas! "Ay me! I fondly dream `Had ye been there.'" Milton.

A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame. [Alaska] The Century.

Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, generalas, a bird's-eye view.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnipsShak. To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.