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Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy.

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. Shak. That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. Sir W. Scott.

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. Keble.

ary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. She that had all magnetic force alone. Donne.

An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.

A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.

Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.

A ratchet movement in a loom. Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.

The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

on of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim. From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the ti…

older nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering.

Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.