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A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

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  • MARINE
    Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and
  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • SMALLISH
    Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
  • TIMBERMAN
    A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.
  • TIMBER
    A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, (more info) Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL.
  • AMERICAN
    1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854,
  • AMERICANISM
    1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • ISOPODOUS
    See ISOPOD
  • AMERICAN PLAN
    In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
  • RAPIDLY
    In a rapid manner.
  • SMALLCLOTHES
    A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • SMALLPOX
    A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
  • SUBMERGENCE
    The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
  • SMALL
    sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
  • MARINERSHIP
    Seamanship. Udalt.
  • MARINER
    One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
  • AMERICANIZE
    To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
  • ISOPOD
    Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda. -- n.
  • PLEUROPERITONEUM
    The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum
  • DISMALLY
    In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
  • ANISOPODA
    A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
  • CLEAN-TIMBERED
    Well-propotioned; symmetrical. Shak.
  • FUMARINE
    An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.
  • ANTI-AMERICAN
    Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

 

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