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A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Resembling the astragalus in form.

Divination by means of small bones or dice.

See Astragal, 1.

which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. -- Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Astragalus caryocarpus) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod. -- Ground rat. (Zoöl.) See Ground pig (above). -- Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's la…

e hip. Huckle bone. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.

d fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.

A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.

Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.

The astragalus.

cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine a…