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The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems. Dunglison.

ontraction; contracting; esp., ralating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison.

Dung, or droppings of cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

lied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

s arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set. -- Tern peduncles (Bot.), three peduncles growing together from the same axis. -- Tern schooner (Naut.), a three-masted schooner.

Deathlike; resembling death. Dunglison.

A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison.

ving three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.

el; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. Milton.

The art of employing perfumes in medicine. [R.] Dunglison.

of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic. Dunglison. Tic douloureux (. Etym: [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.

An East Indian tree (Garcinia pedunculata) having a large yellow fleshy fruit with a pleasant acid flavor.

he type of the family Tiliaceæ, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable articl…

A fool; a dunce; a noddy.

ue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.

A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. or ts color is chocolate red. Called also to…

The dung of sheep or hares. Holland.

Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. Dunglison.