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A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

gale (Naut.), a heavy gale. Living rock or stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut of the living rock." Moore. -- The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.

To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

A place, spot, or location.

The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute. Brande & C.

A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. Dunglison.

One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.

of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. G. Bentham. are in bold format, like collocations.

Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location. Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements. Milton. Hence, specifically:

tory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.

estore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called also…

The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move. It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire. J. H. Newman.

Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak.

A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

angular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. Swift. -- Shoulder strap, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable d…

Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.