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ons, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. "The Lion of the tribe of Juda." Rev. v. 5. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. Shak.

An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

nvective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.

A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.

oer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

de to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.

ssee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeæ, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.