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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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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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1828 Definition
LO'CUST, n. [L. locusta.] An insect of the genus Gryllus. These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the S. of Asia as to devour every green thing, and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud.
LO'CUST, n. A name of several plants and trees; as a species of Melianthus, and of Ceratonia.
1913 Definition
Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ,
allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus,
migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe,
Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with
similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See
Grasshopper.
* These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. Locust beetle (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. -- Locust bird (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. -- Locust hunter (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater. The
locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and
phrases).
Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. | ||||||||
