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Lateward \Late"ward\, a. & adv. Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] ``Lateward lands.''
--Holland.

Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapid[ae], as the spotted flycatcher ( Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannid[ae], as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ( Pyrocephalus rubineus). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolid[ae] are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ( Sylvania Canadensis), and the hooded flycatcher ( S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher.

Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. Yellower (y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); superl. Yellowest.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf. Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]

1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

   Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
   --Chaucer.

   A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
   --Milton.

   The line of yellow light dies fast away.
   --Keble.

2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. [Slang]

3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.] Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. Yellow bark, calisaya bark. Yellow bass (Zo["o]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ( Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish. Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian. Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier. Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant ( Ajuga Cham[ae]pitys). Yellow bunting (Zo["o]l.), the European yellow-hammer. Yellow cat (Zo["o]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also copiapite. Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See Chalcopyrite. Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ( Barbarea pr[ae]cox), sometimes grown as a salad plant. Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock. Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary. Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine, and 3d Flag. Yellow jack.

   1. The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack.

   2. The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine. Yellow jacket (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite. Yellow lemur (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. Yellow macauco (Zo["o]l.), the kinkajou. Yellow mackerel (Zo["o]l.), the jurel. Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal. Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ( Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye daisy. Yellow perch (Zo["o]l.), the common American perch. See Perch. Yellow pike (Zo["o]l.), the wall-eye. Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. Yellow plover (Zo["o]l.), the golden plover. Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot. Yellow rail (Zo["o]l.), a small American rail ( Porzana Noveboracensis) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also yellow crake. Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle, and Rocket. Yellow Sally (Zo["o]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers. Yellow sculpin (Zo["o]l.), the dragonet. Yellow snake (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian boa ( Chilobothrus inornatus) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. Yellow spot.

      1. (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See Eye.

      2. (Zo["o]l.) A small American butterfly ( Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5. Yellow tit (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. Yellow viper (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance. Yellow warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially Dendroica [ae]stiva, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summer yellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler. Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. Yellow wren (Zo["o]l.)

         1. The European willow warbler.

         2. The European wood warbler.

Gnarly \Gnarl"y\, a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.

1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.]
   --B. Jonson.

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.]
   --Nares.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]

1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

   With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
   --Dryden

2. To recall; to bring back.

   To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
   --Berkeley.

3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

   Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
   --Prior.

   There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved.
   --Burke.

   Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.

Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
--Walsh.

Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jerked (j[~e]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]

1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.]
   --Florio.

2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.

3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n. The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- Jerk"ing*ly, adv.

Mesmeric \Mes*mer"ic\, Mesmerical \Mes*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. mesm['e]rique.] Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.

Lash \Lash\, v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
--Dryden.

To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.

Special \Spe"cial\, a. [L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality: cf. F. sp['e]cial. See Species, and cf. Especial.]

1. Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.

   A special is called by the schools a ``species''.
   --I. Watts.

2. Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.

   Our Savior is represented everywhere in Scripture as the special patron of the poor and the afficted.
   --Atterbury.

   To this special evil an improvement of style would apply a special redress.
   --De Quincey.

3. Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.

4. Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.

5. Chief in excellence. [Obs.]

   The king hath drawn The special head of all the land together.
   --Shak.

   Special administration (Law), an administration limited to certain specified effects or acts, or one granted during a particular time or the existence of a special cause, as during a controversy respecting the probate of a will, or the right of administration, etc.

   Special agency, an agency confined to some particular matter.

   Special bail, Bail above, or Bail to the action (Law), sureties who undertake that, if the defendant is convicted, he shall satisfy the plaintiff, or surrender himself into custody.
   --Tomlins.
   --Wharton (Law Dict.).

   Special constable. See under Constable.
   --Bouvier.

   Special damage (Law), a damage resulting from the act complained of, as a natural, but not the necessary, consequence of it.

   Special demurrer (Law), a demurrer for some defect of form in the opposite party pleading, in which the cause of demurrer is particularly stated.

   Special deposit, a deposit made of a specific thing to be kept distinct from others.

   Special homology. (Biol.) See under Homology.

   Special injuction (Law), an injuction granted on special grounds, arising of the circumstances of the case.
   --Daniell.

   Special issue (Law), an issue produced upon a special plea.
   --Stephen.

   Special jury (Law), a jury consisting of persons of some particular calling, station, or qualification, which is called upon motion of either party when the cause is supposed to require it; a struck jury.

   Special orders (Mil.), orders which do not concern, and are not published to, the whole command, such as those relating to the movement of a particular corps, a detail, a temporary camp, etc.

   Special partner, a limited partner; a partner with a limited or restricted responsibility; -- unknown at common law.

   Special partnership, a limited or particular partnership; -- a term sometimes applied to a partnership in a particular business, operation, or adventure.

   Special plea in bar (Law), a plea setting forth particular and new matter, distinguished from the general issue.
   --Bouvier.

   Special pleader (Law), originally, a counsel who devoted himself to drawing special counts and pleas; in a wider sense, a lawyer who draws pleadings.

   Special pleading (Law), the allegation of special or new matter, as distingiushed from a direct denial of matter previously alleged on the side.
   --Bouvier. The popular denomination of the whole science of pleading.
   --Stephen. The phrase is sometimes popularly applied to the specious, but unsound, argumentation of one whose aim is victory, and not truth.
   --Burrill.

   Special property (Law), a qualified or limited ownership possession, as in wild animals, things found or bailed.

   Special session, an extraordinary session; a session at an unusual time or for an unusual purpose; as, a special session of Congress or of a legislature.

   Special statute, or Special law, an act of the legislature which has reference to a particular person, place, or interest; a private law; -- in distinction from a general law or public law.

   Special verdict (Law), a special finding of the facts of the case, leaving to the court the application of the law to them.
   --Wharton (Law Dict.).

   Syn: Peculiar; appropriate; specific; dictinctive; particular; exceptional; singular. See Peculiar.

Respell \Re*spell"\ (r?*sp?l"), v. t. To spell again.

Leer \Leer\, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l[=a]ri.] Empty; destitute; wanting; as:

1. Empty of contents. ``A leer stomach.''
   --Gifford.

2. Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
   --B. Jonson.

3. Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

Leer \Leer\ (l[=e]r), v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

Leer \Leer\, v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
--Dryden.

Leer \Leer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered (l[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

I will leerupon him as a' comes by.
--Shak.

The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife.
--Tennyson.

Leer \Leer\, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle['o]r cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl[=y]r.]

1. The cheek. [Obs.]
   --Holinshed.

2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]

   A Rosalind of a better leer than you.
   --Shak.

3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.

   With jealous leer malign Eyed them askance.
   --Milton.

   She gives the leer of invitation.
   --Shak.

   Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
   --Pope.

Leer \Leer\, n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.

Unwist \Un*wist"\, a.

1. Not known; unknown. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer. Spenser.

2. Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.]
   --Wyclif.

Oppilate \Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppilating.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see Ob-) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.]
--Cockeram.

Modocs \Mo"docs\, n. pl.; sing. Modoc. (Ethnol.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Platinum \Plat"i*num\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. platina, from plata silver, LL. plata a thin plate of metal. See Plate, and cf. Platina.] (Chem.) A metallic element of atomic number 78, one of the noble metals, classed with silver and gold as a precious metal, occurring native or alloyed with other metals and also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is a heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible (melting point 1772[deg] C), and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles in laboratory operations, as a catalyst, in jewelry, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 195.1. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.

Platinum black (Chem.), a soft, dull black powder, consisting of finely divided metallic platinum obtained by reduction and precipitation from its solutions. It absorbs oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer.

Platinum lamp (Elec.), a kind of incandescent lamp of which the luminous medium is platinum. See under Incandescent.

Platinum metals (Chem.), the group of metallic elements which in their chemical and physical properties resemble platinum. These consist of the light platinum group, viz., rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium, whose specific gravities are about 12; and the heavy platinum group, viz., osmium, iridium, and platinum, whose specific gravities are over 21.

Platinum sponge (Chem.), metallic platinum in a gray, porous, spongy form, obtained by reducing the double chloride of platinum and ammonium. It absorbs oxygen, hydrogen, and certain other gases, to a high degree, and is employed as an agent in oxidizing.

Osmidrosis \Os`mi*dro"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'osmh` smell + ? to sweat.] (Med.) The secretion of fetid sweat.

Skiascope \Ski"a*scope\, Sciascope \Sci"a*scope\, n. [Gr. ? a shadow + -scope.] (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows. -- Ski*as"co*py, Ski*as"co*py, n.