a.
United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. →
n.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business. →
n.
A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. →
n.
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu. →
n.
A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. →
v. t.
To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. →