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Ponent :: Ponent (a.) Western; occidental.

Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation..

Gallowglass :: Gallowglass (n.) A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward .

Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America..

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..

Hyrax :: Hyrax (n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman..

Mesquit :: Mesquit (n.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite..

Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..

Bit :: Bit (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents..

Wych-elm :: Wych-elm (n.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.

Northwestern :: Northwestern (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course..

Maverick :: Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle..

Goracco :: Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India..

Lansquenet :: Lansquenet (n.) A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.

Occiduous :: Occiduous (a.) Western; occidental.

Neogaean :: Neogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere..

Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

Sewellel :: Sewellel (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver..

Genista :: Genista (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

Southwestern :: Southwestern (a.) Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course..

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