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continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.

See Litmus.

A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.

fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton. Marasmus senilis Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.

A being of the smallest size. [Obs.] Shak.

A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill.

The god of mockery and censure.

Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy.

Nervomuscular.

A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.

Loving music. [R.]Busby.

A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidæ). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Ca…

One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc.

A prodrome.

The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.

A small ramus, or branch.