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Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.

The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. Gwilt.

The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.

Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

dier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.

A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.

aving three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.

tton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. Gay.

a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc. The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own c…

in a piano. Knight. -- Wrest plank (Piano Manuf.), the part in which the wrest pins are inserted.