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The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

dage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

s.), a fugue on two subjects. -- Double letter. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.

A small cord, ligature, or fiber.

To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.

An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.

single type, containing two or more letters; as, æ, Æ, fi, fl, ffl, etc. ; -- called also ligature.

Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. Strangulated hernia. (Med.) See under Hernia.

A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.

en or to replace; as, to take up raveled stitches; specifically (Surg.), to fasten with a ligature. (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take up the time; to take up a great deal of room. (f) To take permanently. "Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian re…

the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.