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That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster (Med.), a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.

Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.

Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Furfuran. [Obs.]

that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future). And the Canaanite was then in the land. Gen. xii. 6. Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Cor. xiii. 12.

At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.

From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11.

at time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13.

From that time onward; thenceforth.

From that place. [Obs.]

A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives. [Written also thionaphtene.]

A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.