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A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

he great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.] O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.

Having much hair; hairy. [R.]

y the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.…

The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard.

The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

r of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.]

Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.

A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

Closely united.

Firmly barred or closed.

Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.

arriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.

Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.

Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.