Hylodes

n.

The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.

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Jacksnipe

n.

A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.

Headache

n.

Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

Scar

n.

A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.

Fausen

n.

A young eel.

Key

n.

That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

Fistular

a.

Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.

Rat-tail

n.

An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Kike

v. t. & i.

To kick.

Fluidize

v. t.

To render fluid.

Formal

n.

See Methylal.

Half-witted

a.

Weak in intellect; silly.

Randing

n.

The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.