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See Corm.

A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton.

A cornemuse.

A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier.

Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Same as Exophthalmia.

An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called al…

That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.

The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. An ignoramus in place and power. South.

Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.

An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.