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A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay.

A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

ge; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. "A barbarous jargon." Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." Prior. The jargon which serves the traffickers. Johnson.

A variety of pear which ripens early.

Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang. Macaulay.

nating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceæ, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.

One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.]

ertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceæ) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.

A cultivated pelargonium.

Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

m that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubb…

to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.