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The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.

An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.

oo many of the financiers by professions are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop. Burke.

or money, and the like, to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade. -- To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to engage in. -- To turn out. (a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of doors; to turn a man out of office. I'll…

re; a vice in character. Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.

hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or u…

Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.

sels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.

A condition in which the circulation is retarded, and the entire mass of blood is less oxygenated than it normally is.

Of or pertaining to a vein or veins; as, the venous circulation of the blood.

iol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. -- Vital principle, an immaterial force, to which the functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed. -- Vital statistics, statistics respecting the duration of life, and the circumsta…