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The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.

Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.

Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry. Weale.

eel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. -- Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. -- Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. -- Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of…

A bud. From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Denham.

To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram.

Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.

und which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

ted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. -- Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.

A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak.

r one's accounts. If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. Tillotson.

by paroxysms. It constists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which, it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathettic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may…

Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! Pope.