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The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dungli…

The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

cipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.

root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.

his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

osure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

And endostoma.

Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.

To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.

The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also .]

Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n.

An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.