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The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.

The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.

rated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control.

Of or pertaining to gebdesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that th…

To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through. By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. South.

Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein. -- Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above). -- Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; - - called also a pepito. -- Gold paint. See Gold shell.…

A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. Dunglison.

The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

the slit of the other. -- Grafting scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. -- Grafting tool. (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals. -- Grafting wax, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly graft…

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones. Send thee Into the common prison, there to grind. Milton.

roduced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.

The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.

To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.

A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.

The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.

Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.

The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.

The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.

nary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, sq. root-9, a + b sq. root-1. -- Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain cha…