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The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.

A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

The first or the last term of a proportion or series. In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme." J. P. Peters.

fixed attention; to hold in view. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. Milton.

The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.

nths, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.

In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly. Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10. As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As. -- Far off. (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; a…

That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

hing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.