n. [ Black + tail. ] 1. (Zool.) A fish; the ruff or pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus Columbianus or Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. (b) A species of Cratægus or hawthorn (Cratægus tomentosa). Both are used for hedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bituminous material used for providing a smooth paving to a road. [ PJC ]

2. the surface of a road paved with blacktop{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

adj. paved with a bituminous material; -- of roads or paths; as, a blacktopped driveway. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a productive insight.
Syn. -- discovery, find. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a sudden change of situation, such as making an important discovery, that permits further rapid advances toward a goal. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. (Mil.) a penetration of an enemy's defense in depth and strength. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from Brompton Hospital, London. ](Pharmacy) A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippophaë. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any tooth that juts out. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk, especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) (a) One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forked. (b) A salmon in its fourth year's growth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hectograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

and , n. Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A home-made incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and a cloth wick. The wick is lighted, and the bottle thrown at a target, such as a vehicle, where it may shatter and spread intense flames over the vehicle, destroying or damaging it. [ PJC ]

n. A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A strong three-ply thread or small twine used to sew or tie packs or packages. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toothpick. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. plagto`n, neut. of plagto`s wandering, pla`zesqai to wander. ] (Biol.) All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. -- Plank*ton"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. (Horol.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. ] (Hind. Myth.) The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The surf duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woodpecker. See Speight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. stakto`s falling by drops + -meter. ] A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. Sir D. Brewster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ruddy duck. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack. ] 1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. [ 1913 Webster ]

A game at ticktack with words. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n., A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13, 000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January. Student's Cyclopedia, 1897. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. trictrac. Cf. Ticktack backgammon. ] An old game resembling backgammon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]