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‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Haiti. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name. ] (Zool.) 1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the color of the agouti{ 1 }, a grayish-brown of grizzled texture; -- used especially to describe the color of the fur of a strain of mice. Also used attributively. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. algosus, fr. alga seaweed. ] Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. analogous, Gr. &unr_; according to a due ratio, proportionate; &unr_; + &unr_; ratio, proportion. See Logic. ] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anthropophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ So named from Angoumois in France. ] (Zool.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zool.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aphis + Gr. &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; yoke. ] Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to bacteriophage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ba`trachos frog + fagei^n to eat. ] Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bijugus yoked two together; bis twice + jugum yoke, pair. ] (Bot.) Bijugate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Branchiostegal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. karpo`s fruit + &unr_; to eat. ] Living on fruits; fruit-consuming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Chin. kung-foo labor. ] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.” S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; exrement + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

a. Relating to dendrology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place dug out. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [ Western U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Baseball) a structure on the edge of the playing field in foul territory, partly below ground and partly above ground, open toward the playing field but roofed and with the other three sides closed. It is typically long and narrow, having benches where the players may sit when not on the playing field; as, the foul ball was tipped into the dugout. [ PJC ]

a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth. ] (Her.) Same as Engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fungosus: cf. F. fungueux. ] 1. Of the nature of fungi; spongy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. galactophade. ] Feeding on milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet. Mollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + 'adhfa`gos eating one's fill; gluttonous. ] (Zool.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

a. Earth-eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., It. guazzo. ] A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. gaide, F. guède, fr. OHG. weit; or cf. F. gaude weld. Cf. Woad. ] Woad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., tar. ] (Mil.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Plum Gouger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull. Cf. Good-year. ] The venereal disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon. ] (Med.) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Giaour. ] 1. A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) See Koulan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the best known species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [ Written also goramy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A false die. See Gord.

n. [ F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite. ] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bitter gourd, colocynth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. gordo large. ] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gourdy. ] (Far.) The state of being gourdy. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. [ 1913 Webster ]