The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . us. See cut under Pediaxt:t*;j<. prairie-clover (prari-klover), «. See Ivta- (praii-koktal), n. A rawegg, peppered and salted, and drunk in vinegarorsjiirits. Also called7;n(/r«;-()^A-fer. [Western prairied (prand), n. [< prairie + -erf2.]Abounding in prairies; skirted by prairies. And he whose grave is holy by our calm And prairied his gaunt liand shall drop the martyrs palm, To greet thee with Well done! WkUlie
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . us. See cut under Pediaxt:t*;j<. prairie-clover (prari-klover), «. See Ivta- (praii-koktal), n. A rawegg, peppered and salted, and drunk in vinegarorsjiirits. Also called7;n(/r«;-()^A-fer. [Western prairied (prand), n. [< prairie + -erf2.]Abounding in prairies; skirted by prairies. And he whose grave is holy by our calm And prairied his gaunt liand shall drop the martyrs palm, To greet thee with Well done! WkUlier, Freedom In Itrazil. 4668 prairie-dock (prari-dok), «. Same as prairieliiirdufk (which see, under hnrduck). prairie-dog (prari-dog), n. A sciuromorphierodent quadruped of the family Sciuridse, sub-family Speriiiophilitiie, and genus Cynomys, ofwhich there are two species, C. hidovieiaitiif;and C. columliiantis, the former living east andthe latter west of the Eocky Mountains: socalled from their habitat and from their cry,which is like the barking of a dog. These animalsare generally but iiregularly distributed in the prairie. Prairie-dogs {Cy/ioiys Itidovurianus). regions of the Western States and Territories, from theBritish nearly to the Mexican boundary of the UnitedStates; they are gregarious, and many thousands togetherpopulate some places called prairie-dog towns or vitlayes,where they dig deep buiTows, the entrance of each of whichis surmounted by a mound of earth thrown up in makingthe excavation. (See second cut under ow^) Some of thelarger towns include many hundred acres. Prairie-dogsare about a foot long, of very stout, squat, paunchy fonu,with low ears, a vei7 short tail, and long strong fore claws;they are of a uniform reddish-gray or fawn color, paler un-derneath. They subsist entirely on vegetable food. Alsocalled prairie-vuinnot and ivistomvisk, prairie-falcon (prari-fakn), »<. See falcon. prairie-fly (prari-fli), n. One of various spe-cies of tlies o
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