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trata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

Dislocation; luxation.

Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

as, a cotton factory. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.

A dislocation of the strata of the vein.

A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

o restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called a…

A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. Swift. -- Shoulder strap, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitabl…

A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Dana.

A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. Knight.

Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

An incomplete or partial dislocation.

l operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.