. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... arm of thelever is pivoted tn the moving jaw, and it basfulcrum bearing in shackles wliich are pivotedto tlie tixed jaw and curved backward to giveaccess to the jaws. 2. Ornith.: The genus Nucifraga. and otryoattactes, common in southern Eujope,a visitor to the northern portions of the cun-tiufnt; flocks have been seen in feed on the seeds of pine and
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... arm of thelever is pivoted tn the moving jaw, and it basfulcrum bearing in shackles wliich are pivotedto tlie tixed jaw and curved backward to giveaccess to the jaws. 2. Ornith.: The genus Nucifraga. and otryoattactes, common in southern Eujope,a visitor to the northern portions of the cun-tiufnt; flocks have been seen in feed on the seeds of pine and beech, an-lon nuts, wliii h tliey tix hi some i-oiiveiiieiitcrevice, anvl hammer with the beak till tliekernel is exposed, ihe plumage is of differentshades of brown, studded with hnig whitespots. Clarks Nutcracker is N. columbiaHu. nut-gall, nut-gal, s. [Eng. nvt. andgad.] All excrescenre of the oak; spec, ofQiiercus infectoria. [Gall, s.\ nut-hat9h, nut-hake,s. [, andand Mid. P^Ing. hake ~ to liack ; the bird thathacks or pecks uuta. {Skeat.)] Ornithology: 1. Sing. : Sitta eiiropcm. Tlie upper partsdelicate bluish-gray, tbrojtt while, under paitsreddisli-bniwn, rich chestnut on Banks. Uoiu-moii in Eiig-. NliTHATCH. The Nutlintfh is insectivorous,using its bill to prise olf the bark to get at tlieinsects uiiderneatli. The nuthatch iilnsters up the (rnpltiR nioutfa of Itanest-hule, till only r UQ^teni \tir\ie eimuuh for entntiu^ami exit l>ut e^iay of defeuce, is left.—Anryc. iSrit.(ed- 9tli). iiL 222. 2. PL: The genus Sitta, the aub-faniilySittinte, or the family Sittid*. nu-the-tea, s. [Ahbiev. from Gr. vovQerrj-rq^{noutfietetis) = ona who warns ; a monitor.) Pal(E07it.: A genus of Lacertillaus from thefreshwater stiata of the Purbeck series. niit-meg, *nat-megge, note-muge. 5. [Eng. nut (), ami O. Fr. m»f/e = ,from Ijat. m»sc»5 = musk : cf. Fr. noix inus-cade ; Sp. nuez vwscudu : Port, not muscado ;Ital. noce moscada.] 1. Bot. £ Ckimni.: The album
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