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Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." Sydney Smith.

A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C.

The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.

That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.

n or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.

ver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder.

The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.

A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.

oot is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

d, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. -- Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remit…

Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.

Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.

air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.

nealogical tree, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.

That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of…

The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.

aving a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included. -- Germinal membrane. (Biol.) Same as Blastoderm. -- Germinal spot (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum. -- Germinal vesicle, (Biol.) , the nucleus of the ovum of animals.

A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]