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Centripetency.

Tendency toward the center.

The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

e nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

etter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters. [Spelt also seriph.] Savage.

Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

An inscription written around anything. [R.] Ashmole.

Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

In a limited manner.

In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

One of the Cirripedia.

An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

An enrolling or registering. The conscription of men of war. Bp. Burnet.

Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.

Same as Countertrippant.

the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone." Longfellow.

Lameness. [R.] Johnson.

A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.