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That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.

t. Harvesting ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

sting lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera.

the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duc…

A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle. It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. Graunt.

ectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.

Suitable to a funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three. Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats. Dryden. [He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of "Tam o'Shanter." J. C. Shairp.

Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.

a tower or mound. And the huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett.

The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.

One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid; -- said of an organic acid.

jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.

Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.