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phs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

ngle block and fall, used for various purposes. Totten. -- Luff upon luff, a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle. R. H. Dana, Jr.

A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

boat, a boat that carries the mail. -- Mail catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion. -- Mail guard, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] -- Mail train, a railroad train carrying the mail.

Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf. Counter brace. (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard. -- Main center (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working beam or side lever swings. -- Main chance. See under Chance. -- Main couple (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. -- Main deck (Naut.), t…

The farm attached to a mansion house. [Scot.]

Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.

A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.

ne mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.

A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

f a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also marlin spike] -- Marline-spike bird. Etym: [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zoöl.)

Afore, and Before. -- Mast coat. See under Coat. -- Mast hoop, one of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See Made.

he genus Gonothyræa. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.

The fold of peritoneum attached to the cæcum. -- Mes`o*cæ"cal, a.

The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. -- Mes`o*col"ic, a.

Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.

The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- Mes`o*rec"tal, a.

A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.