1) weir. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. A fence or wattle placed in a stream to catch or retain fish. 2. A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, as for a millrace, or to regulate... 2) wattle and daub. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an... 3) wattle. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...of the genus Acacia. Inflected forms: watˇtled, watˇtling, watˇtles1. To construct from wattle. 2. To weave into wattle. Middle English wattel, from Old English watel,... 4) lappet. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...flap or loose fold on a garment or headdress. 2. A flaplike structure, such as the wattle of a bird or the lobe of the ear.... 5) carrier pigeon. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...one trained to carry messages. 2. Any of various large domestic pigeons having a prominent wattle.... 6) jacal. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Inflected forms: pl. jaˇcaˇles (-kals) or jaˇcals A thatch-roofed hut made of wattle and daub found in Mexico and the southwest United States. American Spanish, from... 7) tragopan. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...of the genus Tragopan, the male of which has brilliant plumage, a brightly colored wattle, and two hornlike appendages on the head that inflate during courtship.... 8) dewlap. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...hanging from the neck of certain animals. 2. A pendulous part similar to this, such as the wattle of a bird. 3. A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of a person.... 9) umbrella bird. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...especially C. ornatus, having a retractile, umbrellalike black crest and a long, feathered wattle.... 10) jowl 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...plump or flaccid. 2. A fleshy part similar to a jowl, such as the dewlap of a cow or the wattle of a fowl. Alteration of Middle English cholle (influenced by Middle... |