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The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not…

To superfetate. [Obs.]

ed to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times. Lined with taffeta and with sendal. Chaucer.

A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Written also tuft-taffeta.]

To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.

The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity. Bacon.

A little whiff or puff.

o perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5.

A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

dage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

nly, the two things are called alternatives. Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.

In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.