and the boring amphipod — Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured
to a flexible backing, as of cloth. Knight. — Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. — Wood choir,
the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] Coleridge. — Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite,
or brown coal. — Wood cricket (Zoöl.), a small European cricket (Nemobius sylvestris). — Wood
culver (Zoöl.), the wood pigeon. — Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving.
— Wood dove (Zoöl.), the stockdove. — Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
— Wood duck (Zoöl.) (a) A very beautiful American duck The male has a large crest, and its plumage
is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called
also bridal duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian
maned goose — Wood echo, an echo from the wood. — Wood engraver. (a) An engraver on
wood. (b) (Zoöl.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larvæ bore beneath the bark of trees,
and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus
xylographus. — Wood engraving. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving
on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. — Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern,
under Shield. — Wood fiber. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced
to a powdery or dusty mass. — Wood fretter (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose
larvæ bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. — Wood frog (Zoöl.), a common North American
frog (Rana sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab
or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. — Wood germander. (Bot.) See
under Germander. — Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity. — Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
— Wood grouse. (Zoöl.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce. —
Wood guest (Zoöl.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] — Wood hen. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species
of Old World short-winged rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and allied species. (b)
The American woodcock. — Wood hoopoe (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal
birds belonging to Irrisor and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a
curved beak, and a longer tail. — Wood ibis (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, long-legged,
wading birds belonging to the genus Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with
feathers. The American wood ibis (Tantalus loculator) is common in Florida. — Wood lark (Zoöl.), a
small European lark which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit
of perching on trees. — Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub (Daphne Laureola). —
Wood leopard (Zoöl.), a European spotted moth (Zeuzera æsculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large
fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. — Wood lily (Bot.), the lily
of the valley. — Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the
throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. — Wood louse (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of
numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and related genera.
See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill bug, under Pill. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidæ, which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
— Wood mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small mites of the family Oribatidæ. They are found chiefly
in woods, on tree trunks and stones. — Wood mote. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b)
The court of attachment. — Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle. — Wood nightshade (Bot.),
woody nightshade. — Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert. — Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the
woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim." Milton.
(b) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas.
The larvæ are bright- colored, and some of the species, as Eudryas grata, and E. unio, feed on the leaves
of the grapevine. (c) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming
birds belonging to the genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. — Wood offering,
wood burnt on the altar.
We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering.
Neh. x. 34. —
Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus,
having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing
