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Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.

native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

pus pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

ong boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left. -- Over the left shoulder, or Over the left, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.

Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-of-mutton, sail.

Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.

Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.

A short cloak or mantle worn by women. A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.

A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

rn and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also middles. Bartlett.

ine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. -- Musk parakeet. (Zoöl.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above). -- Musk pear (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. -- Musk plant (Bot.), the Mi…

ith projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders. -- On the neck of, immediately after; following closely. "Commiting one sin on the neck of another." W. Perkins. -- Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and t…

of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

Gout in the shoulder.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.

Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

The shoulder blade, or scapula.