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See Wry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Kauri.

A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.

To uncover. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]

oney; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also money changer. -- Money cowrie (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Cypræa (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie. -- Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not,…

A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.

ong retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.

an. Called also zebra shark. -- Tiger shell (Zoöl.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie (Cypræa tigris); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also tiger cowrie. -- Tiger wolf (Zoöl.), the spotted hyena (Hyæna crocuta). -- Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a t…

principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass. -- Turtle cowrie (Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowrie (Cypræa testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form. -- Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with gras…

The turtle cowrie.

See Unwrie. [Obs.]

Same as Venus's basket, above. -- Venus's shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Cypræa; a cowrie. (b) Same as Venus's comb, above. (c) Same as Venus, 4. -- Venus's slipper. (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Cypripedium. See Lady's slipper. (b) (Zoöl.) Any heteropod shell of the genus Carinaria. See Carinaria.…

To cover. [Obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.