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Same as Precordial.

The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.

An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.

A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.

Any quadricornous animal.

Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.

A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities of an artificial person, though not expressly incorporated, esp. the official of certain municipal divisions such as counties, schools districts, and the towns of some States of the United States, certain church officials, as a…

stint rancour and dissencioun." Chaucer. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.

Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser.

In a rancorous manner.

Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram. [R.] Ash.

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] "I it you record." Chaucer.

Remembrance. [Obs.]

Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.] Shak.

One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

The office of a recorder.

Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.

The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body. [R.] Boyle.