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The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.

ct or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.

A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright.

A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

ification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

class of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.

A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.

An epibranchial cartilage or bone.

A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.

An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.