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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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LIZ'ARD, n. [L. lacertus, lacerta, there has been a change of c into z or s, which may be the fact.]
Any one of the
numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia;
sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the
Hatteria.
* Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbæna, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon, 6. A piece of rope with
thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
R.
H. Dana, Ir. A piece of timber with a forked end, used
in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a
field.
Lizard fish (Zoöl.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp. S. fœtens of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also sand pike. -- Lizard snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis). -- Lizard stone (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | ||||||||