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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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STORK, n. A large fowl of the genus Ardea or Heron kind.
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family
Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They
are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to
Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork
(Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests
on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The
black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and
Europe.
Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru. -- Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Javanica). -- Giant stork, the adjutant. -- Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See Jabiru. -- Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium; -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See Pelargonium. | ||||||||