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Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.

The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. South.

The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction.

Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.

The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

tachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

osanthes elatior). -- Pencil lead, a slender rod of black lead, or the like, adapted for insertion in a holder.

ug of a faucet or cock. Spigot and faucet joint, a joint for uniting pipes, formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, into a socket at the end of another.

sprain of the wrist. Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.

To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. 3. (Surg.)

ood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. -- Wood sheldrake (Zoöl.), the hooded merganser. -- Wood shock (Zoöl.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2. -- Wood shrike (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to Grallina, Collyri…