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A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.

, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence:

A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. Whewell.

ched column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zoöl.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base.

A support or resource in reserve. This project Should have a back or second, that might hold, If this should blast in proof. Shak.

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

orm of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile. Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it.

See Projector, below.

ch.), an architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right angles.

Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]

A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. Knight.

A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.