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but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being. With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. Golding.

as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillæ, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).

A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. Waddell.

One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.

Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.

One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.

A lamp or candlestick. [R.] By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. Trench.

led with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regar…

oke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

her dear Lar forget, Victorious by his benefit. Lovelace. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton. Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and lands. Longfellow.

A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.

To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.] Middleton.

Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.

ine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example: Gloria factorum temere conced…

creas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid. (CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH. L-leucine, the natural form, is present in most proteins.

wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.