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A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]

A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.

An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford.

A small lake; a pond. [Scot.] A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller.

See Loach.

The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.

Of or pertaining to the lochia.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

Changeable in color.

See Garnet.

Changing color.

Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

See Bilirubin.

An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

A clog or patten. [Obs.] Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. Chaucer.

Same as Gavelock.

Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray.

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

Offal of a deer. -- v. t.

An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.