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Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.…

A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.

what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller. Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.

The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

e, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

aining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n.

The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe. The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person ; to garnish. See Garnish. [Vt. & Conn.]

f loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

rial object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.

A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.

A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Fiddle beetle (Zoöl.), a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides); -- so called from the form of the body. -- Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different…