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lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." Arbuthnot.

sel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

rming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

e quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

nx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. -- False door or window (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. -- False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly…

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

ascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers, hairs, or spines.

ing feed for a horse or mule. -- Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. -- Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. -- Feed head. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold,…

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak .

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.

A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.