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ll cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.

, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.

A sleeve. [Obs.]

[Obs.] In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv. 2. These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. Den

A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.

A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

ting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.

e. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed Shak.

A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

icine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. "Medicine thee to that sweet sleep." Shak.

o melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.

e phrase to make mention of. I will make mention of thy righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 16. And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of. Shak.

men, followers; retainers. [Obs.] His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game and glee. Chaucer. -- To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judg. ix. 27.

Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.

To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.

The spleen.

Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.