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The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.

A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

s or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves a…

The inner layer of the bark of trees.

The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

ower from on high. Luke xxiv. 49. Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer.

The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers.

The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.

A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their app…

t of water from 0º C. to 1º C., or from 32º F. to 33º F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the symbol J.…

A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. Law of error, or Law of frequency of error (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be com…

A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.