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A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor.

Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance. Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.

In a granular form.

Granular.

To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.

The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

Having, or consisting of, many grains.

Somewhat granular.

Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.

One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. Quain.

Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. -- n.

A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda- lime feldspar, usually labradorite.

Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

m the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. Ure. Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.

curring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

ine spring, a spring of salt water. -- Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.

A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.