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One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects. Nerve cell (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell. -- Nerve fiber (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is…

ee Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. -- Pine grosbeak (Zoöl.), a large grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. -- Pine lizard (Zoöl.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle State…

creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.