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Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

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

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

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

nt before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

An outer port, gate, or door.

An outer porch or vestibule.

for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that tho…

utes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

ass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. -- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure. -- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it…

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. [Obs.]

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh.

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in…