DICTIOXARY. 



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CONTRACTION, drawing up; narrowing. 



CONTRAST, a difference of color, shade, or 

 form, etc. 



CONVEX, oval, or roundl.ng; the opposite 

 of concave. 



COPIOUS, plentiful, abundant. 



CORONET, the upper part of the hoof, where 

 it joins the skin. 



CORONARY RING, (see description of foot, 

 page 414.) 



CORROBORATE, to agree in giving evi- 

 dence, or proof. 



CRANIUM, the skull. 



CREST, the back or upper part of the neck. 



CRITERION, a rule to judge by. 



CRUST, the hoof is so called. 



CULTIVATE to improve the form, size, or 

 intellect. 



D 



DEBILITY, weakness; feebleness. 



DECREASE, to make less. 



DECOMPOSE, to decay; to separate into its 



component parts. 

 DEDUCE, to form an idea or conclusion. 

 DEFECTIVE, not perfect. 

 DENSE, close; solid; hard. 

 DELIRIUM, craziness; want of sense. 

 DETERIORATION, to make less or worse. 

 DEVELOP, to show muscular form; to bring 



up to perfection. 

 DIAPHORETICS, medicines which arouse 



sweating. 

 DIAPHRAGM, the broad muscle which sep- 

 arates the chest and belly, and assists 



in the act of breathing. 

 DIFFUSE, to spread out; extend; drive 



out. 

 DIGESTIVE, relating to digestion. 

 DILATED, opened wide; gaping open. 

 DILUTI], to make fluid medicine thin or 



weak, as with water, etc. 

 DIMINUTION, lessening, or decreasing. 

 DISLOCATION, putting out of joint. 

 DISSENT, to differ from. 

 DISTORTED, crooked or deformed; out- of 



shape. 

 DISTENDED, stretched out; forced out, or 



swelled. 



DIURETICS, medicines which increase the 



flow of urine. 

 DIVERT, to turn aside from. 

 DOCILE, gentle; tame; obedient. 

 DOMESTICATION, taming or bringing from 



a state of nature. 

 DOMINION, control ; authority ; power. 

 DUCTS, pipes or openings; canals; tubes. 

 DUODENUM, the first gut next the stomach; 



the bile enters through it. 



E 



ECONOMY, saving; good management. 



EFFUSION, the flowing out of a fluid. 



ELASTIC, springy, as a spring or India-rub- 

 ber. 



ELUDE, to escape observation ; to shun. 



EMBRYO, the unborn animal. 



ENAMEL, the hard covering of the teeth. 



ENSUE, to follow. 



EPIDEMIC, a disease affecting many, as if it 

 existed in the air. 



EPIGLOTTIS, the covering of the glottis. 



ERECT, standing up straight. 



ERUPTION, a breaking out on the skin of 

 pimples or blisters. 



EWE-NECKED, low-necked, like a shorn 

 sheep. 



EXALTED, dignified; raised. 



EXANTHEMA, an eruption on the skin, with 

 fever. 



EXCRETING, throwing out from the body. 



EXCREMENT, the dung, and urine. 



EXERT, to act diligently, promptly. 



EXHALE, throwing, or forcing out, as blow- 

 ing the breath. 



EXHAUSTION, being tired, or worn out by 

 fatigue. 



EXHILARATE, to make lively, or cheerful. 



EXIST, to live, to be. 



EXPANSION, increasing in size. 



EXPEDITE, to hasten. 



EXPEL, to throw out, or drive out. 



EXTERNAL, on the outside. 



EXTENSOR TENDON, tendon that extends, 

 or stretches out the limbs, etc. 



EXTERIOR, the outside. 



EXTRA VASATE, to flow out of the proper 

 vessels. 



