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A octomaculataForester For"est*er, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an
officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia
and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A.
octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to
the grapevine. Antestomach
Antestomach An"te*stom`ach, n.
A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. --Ray.
Cynarctomachy
Cynarctomachy Cyn`arc*tom"a*chy (s?n`?rk-t?m"?-k?). n. [Gr.
????, ????, dog + ??? bear + ??? fight.]
Bear baiting with a dog. --Hudibras.
DiatomaceaeAnimalcule An`i*mal"cule, n. [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim.
of animal.]
1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] --Ray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the
naked eye. See Infusoria.
Note: Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be
plants, having locomotive powers something like those
of animals. Among these are Volvox, the
Desmidiac[ae], and the siliceous Diatomace[ae].
Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa. Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy Gi`gan*tom"a*chy, n. [L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr.
?; ?, ?, giant + ? battle: cf. F. gigantomachie.]
A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants
against heaven.
High-stomached
High-stomached High"-stom`ached, a.
Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] --Shak.
honeycomb stomachReticulum Re*tic"u*lum, n.;pl. Reticula. [L. dim. of rete a
net.] (Anat.)
(a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the
mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the
honeycomb stomach.
(b) The neuroglia. Honeycomb stomachHoneycomb Hon"ey*comb`, n. [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and
1st Comb.]
1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used
by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
honeycomb.
Honeycomb moth (Zo["o]l.), the wax moth.
Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum. Melastomaceous
Melastomaceous Mel`a*sto*ma"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
Pit of the stomachPit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a
well, pit.]
1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or
artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an
indentation; specifically:
(a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
(b) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug
or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in
which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a
charcoal pit.
(c) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
Tumble me into some loathsome pit. --Shak.
2. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
--Milton.
He keepth back his soul from the pit. --Job xxxiii.
18.
3. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall;
hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits.
--Lam. iv. 20.
4. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body;
as:
(a) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the
axilla, or armpit.
(b) See Pit of the stomach (below).
(c) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in
smallpox.
5. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the
house, below the level of the stage and behind the
orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the
stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the
occupants of such a part of a theater.
6. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other
animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to
kill rats. ``As fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit.'
--Locke.
7. [Cf. D. pit, akin to E. pith.] (Bot.)
(a) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or
seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
(b) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
Cold pit (Hort.), an excavation in the earth, lined with
masonry or boards, and covered with glass, but not
artificially heated, -- used in winter for the storing and
protection of half-hardly plants, and sometimes in the
spring as a forcing bed.
Pit coal, coal dug from the earth; mineral coal.
Pit frame, the framework over the shaft of a coal mine.
Pit head, the surface of the ground at the mouth of a pit
or mine.
Pit kiln, an oven for coking coal.
Pit martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. [Prov. Eng.]
Pit of the stomach (Anat.), the depression on the middle
line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower
end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression.
Pit saw (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom
stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of
the latter is often in a pit, whence the name.
Pit viper (Zo["o]l.), any viperine snake having a deep pit
on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead
are examples.
Working pit (Min.), a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and
the workmen carried; -- in distinction from a shaft used
for the pumps. Rennet stomach Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese.
Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in
rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of
most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The
ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk
from a soluble to an insoluble form.
Rennet stomach (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of
ruminants. Siphonal stomachSiphonal Si"phon*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.
Siphonal stomach (Zo["o]l.), a stomach which is tubular and
bent back upon itself, like a siphon, as in the salmon. StomachStomach Stom"ach, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the
anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is
digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an
animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric
juice, under Gastric.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him
depart. --Shak.
4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.
This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
lies, must be bent. --Locke.
5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it.
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
into the stomach.
Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm (Ascaris
lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
the stomach. Stomach
Stomach Stom"ach, v. i.
To be angry. [Obs.] --Hooker.
Stomach coughCough Cough, n. [Cg. D. kuch. See Cough, v. i. ]
1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the
chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the
reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing,
constituting a symptom of disease.
Stomach cough, Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the
stomach or ear. Stomach pumpStomach Stom"ach, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the
anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is
digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an
animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric
juice, under Gastric.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him
depart. --Shak.
4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.
This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
lies, must be bent. --Locke.
5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it.
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
into the stomach.
Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm (Ascaris
lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
the stomach. Stomach staggersStagger Stag"ger, n.
1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing,
as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo;
-- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended
by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic
staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] --Shak.
Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with
food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in
death. Stomach tubeStomach Stom"ach, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the
anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is
digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an
animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric
juice, under Gastric.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him
depart. --Shak.
4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.
This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
lies, must be bent. --Locke.
5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it.
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
into the stomach.
Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm (Ascaris
lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
the stomach. Stomach wormStomach Stom"ach, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the
anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is
digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an
animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric
juice, under Gastric.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him
depart. --Shak.
4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.
This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
lies, must be bent. --Locke.
5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it.
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
into the stomach.
Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm (Ascaris
lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
the stomach. Stomachal
Stomachal Stom"ach*al, a. [Cf. F. stomacal.]
1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
2. Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.
Stomachal
Stomachal Stom"ach*al, n.
A stomachic. --Dunglison.
Stomacher
Stomacher Stom"ach*er, n.
1. One who stomachs.
2. (? or ?) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn
originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were
often richly decorated.
A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. --Johnson.
Stomachic
Stomachic Sto*mach"ic, n. (Med.)
A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its
action.
Stomachic
Stomachic Sto*mach"ic, Stomachical Sto*mach"ic*al, a. [L.
stomachicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. stomachique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.
2. Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the
stomach; stomachal; cordial.
Stomachical
Stomachic Sto*mach"ic, Stomachical Sto*mach"ic*al, a. [L.
stomachicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. stomachique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.
2. Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the
stomach; stomachal; cordial.
Stomaching
Stomaching Stom"ach*ing, n.
Resentment. [Obs.]
Stomachless
Stomachless Stom"ach*less, a.
1. Being without a stomach.
2. Having no appetite. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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