'border ray' definitions:

Definition of 'border ray'

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  • Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See Brother.]
  • 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b) Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides. [1913 Webster]
  • Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
  • Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C.
  • Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
  • Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
  • Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton.
  • Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border ray}, scad, and doctor. [1913 Webster]