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To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.

See Burgonet.

A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.

A species of gray fox found in Russia.

A manganate. [Obs.]

An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

Manganic. [R.]

Manganic. [Obs.]

Manganous.

Manganese.

Manganous.

Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides.

A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera. [Written also Phryganides.]

The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.

One who practices tobogganing.

notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

pproaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.

iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. -- Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. -- Bog spavin. See under Spavin.