greenlet

[Eng green; dim in. suff.- let.] Ornith.: Vireonine, a sub-family of Muscicapide (Flycatchers). They are so called from having much green or olive in the colors of their plumage. They are small birds, arriving in this country from South America and the West Indies about the month of May, and departing again in August. Some of them sing sweetly. [VIREO.] *green'-lý, adv . [Eng.green; -ly .] 1. In a green manner or state. "Gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells." Byron: Childe Harold, iii. 46. IMG:content-0747.png:[blocks in formation] "It is this alone that for a while gives growth and greenne to his comforts." -South: Sermons, vol. x., ser. 2. 2. Newne . afterward Earl Cathcart; suff. -ite ( Min . ) (q. v.).) Min.: An hexagonal, nearly transparent mineral, of yellow color, adamantine luster, and strong double refraction. Composition: CdS or Cd2Sn= sulphur 22-3-22-56, and cadmium 77-30-77-70.