- Pine St speed very good - Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size,
or estimation. - A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful
class.
- A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian
tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of
the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
- Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many
species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid,
milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield
powerful emetic and cathartic products.
- The principal or most important spring in a piece of
mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the
spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most
powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.