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enera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

-- more properly, but less commonly, called an octant. -- Quadrant of altitude, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizo…

A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks.

er, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).

gh, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the gr…

e or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell." Milton.

ord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.

." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.

A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

A rootlike appendage.

A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

wisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

-- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.

A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.

ad. -- Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendagess were set up to view. Gwilt. -- Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed. Fairholt. -- Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave and tran…

ted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.