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o put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.…

ially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray.

Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. [R.]

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

To insert again.

The act of reinserting.

The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

trong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

tructure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

g a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened. Shak. The foamy bridle with the bit of gold. Chaucer.

f the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the in…

loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear. The apricot and the nectarine may be, and usually are, budded upon the peach; the plum and the p…

The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.

eel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.