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The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

lton. (c) A violent commotion. All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption. W. Irving.

The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

eld-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

ing unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain. Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. Milton.

ther two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

ation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. -- False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. -- False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in…

ion. In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.

The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.

Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.

e. -- File cutter, a maker of files. -- Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. -- Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. -- Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.

ich the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. -- First day, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends. -- First floor. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] -- First fruit or fruits. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathere…

The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2.

With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.