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ade to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. -- Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.

On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.

Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell.

A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.

nders. Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. Dryden.

See Cion, and Scion.

See Embryo.

Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

Embryonic.

In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Having an embryo.

Like an embryo in form.

Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

uding a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden.

Halcyon; calm.