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cation, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.

A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. To give a loose, to give freedom. Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison.

To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of. Bacon.

uscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.

One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.

slave." Dryden. -- To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was…

ion of the human race. Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties. Cowper.

One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice. Ayliffe.

An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically:

Bulk; magnitude; body; size. This army of such mass and charge. Shak.

above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas. [U. S.]

ed by, Meibomius. Meibomian glands, the slender sebaceous glands of the eyelids, which discharge, through minute orifices in the edges of the lids, a fatty secretion serving to lubricate the adjacent parts.

A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period.

To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow.

The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.