- A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose
larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. - A feather; a quill. - A wing, literal or figurative. - The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. - A fetter for the arm. - A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted
to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel
having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which
is its axis. - To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding
the wings.
- A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies,
or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture. - The point of union between two parts, as the angles of
the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc. - A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or
spinal marrow; a chiasma. - The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels,
as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
- Scapula, ... blade - The area of the body between the neck and the top of the arm - The upper joint of the arm - The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore
limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the
projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. - The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint;
the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is
most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. - Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. - That which resembles a human shoulder, as any
protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
- The act of governing one's self, or the state of
being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. - Hence, government of a community, state, or nation
by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil
body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government;
democracy.