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cessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

The inclosed space on which a building stands.

Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

rm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

gular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.

A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock.

ococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

s for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. Addison.

Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. Milton.

A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

onsists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

t is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.ptan. The form…

To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.