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dductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. Byron.…

ndi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.

l; to begin to contend. A soul exasperated in ills falls out With everything, its friend, itself. Addison.

ugh certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects. Why was the sight To such a te…

to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. W. Howitt.

tom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. In this glorious and well-foughten field. Shak. What though the field be lost Milton.

that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).

t forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.

story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.

ch is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

The tithing itself. Bouvier. The servants of the crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other. Macaulay.

A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranæ), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.

or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

f structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

ish have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. Addison. My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. Swift.

The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. Bouvier.

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.