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That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration. Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel.

A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed. Evelun.

Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.

In a near relation in place, time, degree, etc.; within a little; almost. [Obs.] A cube and a sphere ... nighly of the same bigness. Locke.

A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.…

The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively. It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth. I. Taylor.

A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.

Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.

A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]

Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.

tus, Amen," and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.

Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sir P. Sidney.

d privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit. Buyer's option, an option allowed to one who contracts to buy stocks at a certain future date and at a certain price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at…

One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.

A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

h. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.