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n. (Zool.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deathblow of my hope. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.
Syn. -- earth-ball, false truffle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A bank or mound of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Agric.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; as, earth-born beings. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Some earthborn giant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Low; grovelling; vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Obs. ] See Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing.
Syn. -- camphor ball. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To put into long-term storage; as, to mothball the battleships not needed after the war. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Moving toward the north; as, northbound traffic.
Syn. -- northward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intended to be used by vehicles moving toward the north; -- of roads and parts of roads; as, The northbound lane was blocked by an overturned tractor-trailer. [ PJC ]

n. The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Gun.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled. -- n. A smoothbore firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any notodontian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea. [ 1913 Webster ]