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A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
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A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red ∨ yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.
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A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
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A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark.
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A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work.
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A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
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