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‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; receptacle + &unr_;. Formed like Parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A dialectic word. N. of Eng. & Scot. ] A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Railroads) A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

> n. 1. (Music) An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
Syn. -- boogie-woogie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A black person; -- offensive and disparaging. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

v. i. To do a lively dance, often with the two partners not touching, to the accompaniment of rock music. [ PJC ]

n. (Music), An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
Syn. -- boogie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pharm.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., lit., decimal candle. ] A photometric standard used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also decimal candle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
Syn. -- budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the saguaro.
Syn. -- genus Carnegiea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle. [ Also spelled dogy and dogey. ]
Syn. -- leppy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. ] See Effigy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Fogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To guide. See Gye . [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon. ] (Zool.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gier-eagle, Gyrfalcon. ] (Zool.) The gyrfalcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Karl Giesecke. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elæolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the U. S., such as hero, grinder, and submarine.
Syn. -- bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hygienist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. hygiène. See Hygeia. ] That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. hygiénique. ] Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of health; hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A guillemot. [ Written also longie. ] [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Misgye. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bellowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mugiens, p. pr. of mugire to bellow. ] Lowing; bellowing. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Paugies [ Corrupted from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog. See Scup. ] (Zool.) The scup. See Porgy, and Scup. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }, a. Ragged; rough. [ Obs. ] “A stony and raggie hill.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed to the contract system. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them out. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco, salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖n. f. ‖n. m. } [ F. ] A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remugiens, p. pr. of remugire. See Mugient. ] Rebellowing. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stogies /plu>. an inexpensive cigar; same as stogy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A swagman. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; end + &unr_; vessel + &unr_; extension. ] (Med.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Telangiectasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ L. vagiens, p. pr. of vagire to cry like a young child. ] Crying like a child. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]