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Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n.

One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]

shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. "Cast away a life" Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. "Cast away his people." Rom. xi. 1. "Cast one away."…

The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

ace by the length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes called theorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, Guldinus's properties. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.

Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.

A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends.

Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.] Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward.

Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.

ng, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus).

In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2)

ed "gout," on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops tæniopus. (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. -- Corn fritter, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] -- Corn laws, laws regulating trade in…

A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.

The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.

To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. To couch a spear or lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortim…