COWRY  , the popular name of the shells of the Cypraeida, a See also:

• FAMILY

family of mollusks . Upwards of too See also:

• SPECIES

species are recognized, and they are widely distributed over the See also:

• WORLD

world—their See also:

• HABITAT (a French word derived from habiter, Lat. habitare, to dwell)

habitat being the shallow See also:

• WATER

water along the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• SHORE

shore . The best known is the See also:

• MONEY

money cowry or Cypraea moneta, a small See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell about See also:

• HALF

half an See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch in length, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and See also:

• STRAW

straw-coloured without and See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue within, which derives its distinctive name from the fact that in various countries it has been employed as a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of currency . (See SHELL-MONEY.) In See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa among those tribes, such as the Niam-Niam, who do not recognize their monetary value, the shells are in demand as fashionable decorations, just as in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany they were in use as an See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament for horses' See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness, and were popular enough to acquire several native names, such as Brustharnisch or breastplates, and Otterkdpfchen or little adders' heads . Besides the Cypraea moneta various species are employed in this decorative use . The Cypraea See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

aurora is a See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of chieftain-See also:

• SHIP

ship among the natives of the Friendly Islands; the Cypraea annulus is. a favourite with the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic islanders; and several of the larger kinds have been used in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe for the See also:

• CARVING

carving of cameos . The See also:

• TIGER
• TIGER (Felis tigris)

tiger cowry, Cypraea See also:

• TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

tigris, so well known as a mantelpiece ornament in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• AMERICA

America, is commonly used by the natives of the See also:

• SANDWICH
• SANDWICH, EDWARD MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST EARL OF (1625–1672)
• SANDWICH, JOHN MONTAGU, 4TH EARL OF (1718–1792)

Sandwich Islands to sink their nets; and they have also an ingenious See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of cementing portions of several shells into a smooth See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball which they then employ as a bait to catch the cuttle-See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish . While the species already mentioned occur in myriads in their respective habitats, the Cypraea princeps and the Cypraea umbilicata are extremely rare . COW-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

TREE, or See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

MILK-TREE, Brosimum Galactodendron (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• MORACEAE

Moraceae), a native of See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela . As in other members of the order, the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem contains a milky latex, which flows out in considerable quantities when a notch is cut in it . The " milk " is sweet and pleasant tasting . Another species, B .

Alicastrum, the See also:

• BREAD

bread-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut tree, a native of central America and See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, bears a See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit which is cooked and eaten . The bread-fruit (Artocarpus) is an allied genus of the same natural order .