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Dogger :: Dogger (n.) A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron..

Over :: Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste..

Essorant :: Essorant (a.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon..

#NAME? :: -ee () A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer..

Outwing :: Outwing (v. t.) To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying..

Pyrosmalite :: Pyrosmalite (n.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe..

Syrphus Fly :: Syrphian (n.) A syrphus fly.

League :: League (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each..

Inanity :: Inanity (n.) An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world..

Horsefly :: Horsefly (n.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,

Army Worm :: Army worm () The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton..

Sago :: Sago (n.) A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.)..

Haft :: Haft (n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt..

Blow :: Blow (n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it..

Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..

Bagpipe :: Bagpipe (n.) A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland..

Voice :: Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.

Cleg :: Cleg (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

Fescue :: Fescue (n.) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read..

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