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A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

placement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid. This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton.

or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare.

The panel itself.

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. South.

n which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.

A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.

The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.

op suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

cket. Knight. -- Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock. -- Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. -- Ball valve (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. -- Ball vein (M…

-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -- Ban"tu, a.

A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] Burton.

e which are genuine, but are really not so. That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices. Barrow.