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The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.

A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

nd a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.

A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff. marchpane.

One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.

A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. Chaucer. Bellies and maws of living creatures. Bacon.

Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.

Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.

A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.

The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.

of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow. -- Mod"ish*ly, adv. -- Mod"ish*ness, n.

To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many Broome.

Having but a single stomach.

Customs; habits; esp., customs conformity to which is more or less obligatory; customary law.

A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

To wear the customary garb of a mourner. We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood Shak. Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. Pope.

The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.

Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.