[Greek axine, Latin ascia, Italian accetta, French hachette, our hatchet and axe.) To bury the hatchet. (See Bury.) To throw the hatchet. To tell false-hoods. In allusion to an ancient…
Under the lee of the land. Under the shelter of the cliffs which break the force of the winds. (Anglo-Saxon, hleo, a shelter.) Under the lee of a ship. On the side opposite to the wind,…
(Encyclopedia) eel, common name for any fish in the order Anguilliformes, and characterized by a long snakelike body covered with minute scales embedded in the skin. Eels lack the hind pair of fins,…
(Encyclopedia) grasshopper, name applied to almost 9,000 different species of singing, jumping insects in two families of the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged insects with…
A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt's Stories The Capture of a Slaver by J. Taylor Wood From 1830 to 1850 both Great Britain and the United States, by…
(Encyclopedia) louse, common name for members of either of two distinct orders of wingless, parasitic, disease-carrying insects. Lice of both groups are small and flattened with short legs adapted…
(Encyclopedia) alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E…
(Encyclopedia) earthworm, terrestrial, cylindrical segmented worm of the class Oligochaeta. There are 2,200 earthworm species, found all over the world except in arid and arctic regions and ranging…
(Encyclopedia) cockroach or roach, name applied to some 4,600 species of flat-bodied, oval insects in the order Blattodea. Cockroaches have long antennae, long legs adapted to running, and a flat…
(Encyclopedia) tent caterpillar, common name for the larvae of the members of a family of moths (Lasiocampidae), easily recognized by the large silk tents, or webs, that the larvae construct during…
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