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Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]

To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.

An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question.

guage; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo- European or Aryan family. The common origin of the Indo-European nations. Tylor.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

ather and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

The small white European heron. See Egret.

The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.

The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

d a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

y, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. -- Mou…