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n. Sir M. Hale. They interlard their native drinks with choice Of strongest brandy. J. Philips.

The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination. Dunglison.

Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea.

Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W. Phillips.

to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. "Him death's iron sleep oppressed." Philips.

Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] J. Philips.

A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.

See Maxilliped.

To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

t; a joint chair. -- Out of joint, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. "The time is out of joint." Shak.

ull of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.

A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.

ves. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Shak.

See Caliph.

The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written also kameela.]

See Caliph.

To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc. He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed. Shak.

Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip or other parts of the human body, causing painful sores, as the cone-nose (Conorhinus sanguisuga). [U. S.]

A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in her throat. Tennyson.

A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.