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That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith.

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The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.

A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet. -- n.

The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.

The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

eing mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle. Sir T. Browne.

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

logy to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [R.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.

Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber. Great muscular strength, accompanied by much awkwardness. Macaulay.

Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.

Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.

Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.

Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

A combining form of Gr. muscle; as, myograph, myochrome.