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ep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

en. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.

A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

oundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

ersons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

alled from having had, in the colonial days, judical power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.] -- To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." Jowett. -- To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.

ention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

nniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.

h (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are ma…

A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]

e tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. -- Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. -- Pine weevil (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in…

eme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. Laws of Massachusetts.

its support. [U.S.] The parish, or precinct, shall proceed to a new choice. Laws of Massachusetts.

egetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.