n.
The spotted flycatcher.
A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.
n.
A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
n.
A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
n.
Anything protuberant and swagging.
n.
One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar.
n.
An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.
n.
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch.
n.
A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).
n.
The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
a.
Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
n.
A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.
n.
A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
n.
The act of making a wall or walls.
n.
Walls, in general; material for walls.
n. pl.
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
v. i.
To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.