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The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.

Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. "A most inherent baseness." Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Sout…

Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.

Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray.

The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

me node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.

Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.

A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the crosspiece of a rude press. -- Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. Wolcott. -- Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit (Cordia Cylindrostachya). -- Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of boughs, carried in Mayd…

und the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon. Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. Spenser.

water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

counsel. -- Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Just…

e bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.

To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten.

of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver. The Lord is thy keeper. Ps. cxxi. 6.

A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.

A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.