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en of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.

One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

One who thins, or makes thinner.

One who works in a tin mine.

One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.

The water spider.

To whinny. [Colloq.]

One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

One who achieves; a winner.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Preceding dinner.

The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.

A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.

f; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! Milton.

, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.