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and paralytic symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood.

the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

stalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

mella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.

ire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. (b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.

Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.] An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell.

Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. Hawthorne. The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. De Quincey.

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal. Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. O. W. Holmes.

oof. -- Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. -- Crown shell. (Zoöl.) See Acorn-shell. -- Crown side. See Crown office. -- Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria,…

the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.

veral species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc.]

A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally.

One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written dæmon.]

part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism. A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts. Blair.