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  1. ... the for- ceps or craniotomical instruments. Extraction of Monsters.—Living twins maybe united, at some parts, by simple integuments. We must separate them by incis- ion when this can be done with safety, and deliver according to the rules of art. ...
  2. ... they reached the mouth of the Rhine in safety, and loaded with booty. This event may be the basis of the mystical legend of the Bristly Bull monster, which rose out of the sea, and became ...
  3. ... It bears a succulent fruit with a luscious pine- apple flavor. Mon'stra,* gen. Mon-stro'rum, the plural of the Lat. mon'strum. See Monster. Mon-strosT-ty. [From the same.] An un- ...
  4. ... by the flames and smoke vomited by the monster, t Patriotism celebrates with enthusiasm the name of Arnold Strouthan of Winkelried, who, at the battle of Sampach in 1386, devoted himself for the safety of his countrymen. The name of one of ...
  5. ... a, priv. rpaxljXoc,' neck,' and xtyaXv,' head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is very short-necked.—Galen. ATRAC'TYLIS GUMMIF'ERA, Cadduus pineus, Ixine, Gummy-rooted Alractylis, Pine Thistle. The root, when wounded, yields a milky, ...
  6. ... a, priv., 'neck,' and Kt<pdX>), 'head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is very short-necked.-Galen. ATRAC'TYLIS GUMMIF'ERA, Car'duus pi'neus, Ixine, Gummy-rooted Atractylis, Pine Thistle. The root, when wounded, yields a milky, ...
  7. ... priv., rpay^Xos, 'neck/ and KtipaXn, 'head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is very short-necked.—Galen. ATRAC'TYLIS GUMMIF'ERA, Car'duus pi'neus, Ixine, Gummy-rooted Atractylis, Pine Thistle. The root, when wounded, yields a milky, ...
  8. ... a, priv., rpaxoXos, 'neck/ and xcipaXn, 'head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is very short-necked.—Galen. ATRAC 'TYLIS GUMMIF'ERA, Car'duns pi'neus, Ixine, Gummy-rooted Atractylis, Pine Thistle. The root, when wounded, yields a milky, ...
  9. ... a, priv., rpaxnXog, 'neck,' and KeipaXn, 'head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is very short-necked.—Galen. ATRAC'TYLIS GUMMLF'ERA, Car'duua pi'neus, Ixine, Gummy-rooted Atractylis, Pine Thistle. The root, when wounded, yields a milky, ...
  10. ... priv., rpaxiXos, 'neck,' and Kt<paXn, 'head.' A monster whose neck is partially or wholly deficient. ATRACHE'LUS. Same etymon. One who is, very short-necked.—Galen. ATRACTYLIS GUMMIF'ERA, Car'dttus pi'neus, Ixi'ne, Gummy-rooted Atractylis, Pine Thistle. Ord. Composita}. The root, when wounded, yields ...
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