Light-horseman

n.

A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.

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Ferrarese

a.

Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.

Readmission

n.

The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

Agen

adv. & prep.

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Flamingoes

pl.

of Flamingo

Honeycombed

a.

Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Wall

v. t.

To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

Uphoard

v. t.

To hoard up.

Fishwoman

n.

A woman who retails fish.

Zamindar

n.

A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.

Taciturn

a.

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

Graphitoidal

a.

Resembling graphite or plumbago.

Jamestown weed

The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.