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Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.

The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.

perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand grasping the small of the stock, in token of respect, as in saluting a superior officer; also, the position taken at such a command.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.

ents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

æus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.

One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinæ and some other Protozoa.

The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe. Puppet master. Same as Puppetman. -- Puppet play, a puppet show. -- Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. -- Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. -- Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which c…

A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.

Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.

The spine; the vertebral column.

Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.

A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal. [Written also rachiotome.]

The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.

t metal, or of forming it into cup- shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See Bee, n.,

Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim Milton .