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One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.]

Agnus Dei.

A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden.

A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words "Agnus Dei."

The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

The pignut. See Hickory.

The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.

A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.

A large wine bottle. They passed the magnum to one another freely. Sir W. Scott .

A pledge or pawn.

See Groundnut (d).

A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. -- Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. -- Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. -- Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of 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.…

The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

The brindled gnu. See Gnu.