GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



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like the above, only washed quite clean, into the 

 soft recent plaster of exterior walls, in order to 

 resist the action of rain. 



Loam, any soil in which clay and organic matter 

 exist in considei able proportions, and so as to ren- 

 der it neither very adhesive or hard, nor soft and 

 loose. 



Lock spit, explained, s. 3823. p. 620. 



Longe, a long leather thong, used in the process of 

 longing or lunging horses, p. 1001. 



Lymph, a clear, colourless, rather viscid humour, 

 separated from the blood, and specifically heavier 

 than water, s. 6350. p. 967. 



Lymphatics, lymphatic vessels, are the absorbent 

 vessels that convey the lymph into the thoracic 

 duct, and form, with the lacteals, what is called 

 the absorbent system. The use of these vessels 

 is to draw in by a capillary attraction the fluids 

 contained in the circumjacent cavities, p. 968. 

 See Crab. Tech. Diet. 



Lymphatic absorbents, 968. See Lymphatics, and 

 Lacteals. 



M. 



Maceration, the act of steeping or soaking in water, 

 p. 869. 



Malic acid, an acid obtained from apples, by satu- 

 rating the juice with alkali, and pouring in the 

 acetous solution of lead, until it occasions no 

 more precipitate. See Crabb's Tech. Diet 



Mallinders, a disease in horses, s. 6710. p. 1007. 



Manege riding, explained, s. 6672. p. 1003. 



Marttngal, a thong of leather, fastened at one end 

 to the girths under the belly, and at the other to 

 the noseband of the bridle, to prevent a horse from 

 rearing, p. 1001. 



Maturation, the process of ripening, p. 816. 



Maxillary glands, the glands belonging to the jaw 

 bones, p. 972. 



Meal of milk, the quantity yielded at one time of 

 milking : thus, the morning meal, the evening 

 meai, s. 7103. p. 1048. 



Medulla, marrow, p. 967. In plants it signifies the 

 pith. 



Meets or meres, cattle ponds in Derbyshire, p. 735. 



Memel timber, fir timber from the port of Merael in 

 Prussia, in the Baltic, p. 504. 



Mere, a lake, pool, or pond. 



Mesentery, a membrane in the cavity of the abdo- 

 men attached to the vertebra? of the loins, and 

 to which the intestines adhere, p. 975. 



Meslin, a union of flocks, s. 736. p. 118. 



Meslin, mesling, mescelin, muslin, or mescledine. 

 corn that is mixed, as wheat, rye, &c., to make 

 bread. This term occurs in old acts of parliament 

 for the regulation of rivers, as that of the Cam ; 

 mescelin being in former days a frequent lading 

 in that neighbourhood. 



Mesta, explained, s. 736. p. 118. 



Metacarpus, the shank, p. 965. 



Metal bed of a road, explained, s. 3630. p. 585. 



Metalliferous ores, ores which contain metals, p. 

 629. 



Metals of a road, the materia! of which a road 

 is formed, as broken quarry stone, boulder stones, 

 aLd other kinds, p. 612. 



Metayer system, the system of farming lands in 

 many parts of the Continent, in which the produce 

 is equally divided between landlord and tenant, 

 p. 1S4. 



Midden, dunghill, p. 807. " The midden is the mi- 

 ther o' the meal kist." 



Milscy, a provincial term for a sieve, in which milk 

 is strained, s. 7064. p. 1045. 



Mortices, holes, cells, or receptacles made in posts, 

 &c to receive the tenons of rail-. &c, p. 493. 



Mould, organic matter in a finely divided and de- 

 composed state, with a little earth mixed, as ve- 

 getable mould, leaf mould, peat mould, &C. 



Mourat, explained, s. 7137. p 1052. 



Menu, a compartment in a barn, into which corn in 

 the straw is stacked or packed. 



Mow-burn, to heat by fermentation in the mow, p. 

 825. 



Murrain, a wasting, contagious, and most fata! 

 disorder among cattle, s. 6943. 7-50. 



Naked disease, explained, s. 7264. p. 1066. 



Naturalising animals and vegetables, introducing 

 them to a new climate, in such a manner that they 

 shall in future perpetuate themselves in that cli- 

 mate without the aid of man. See Acclimatising. 



Navicular or nut bone of the horse, explained, 

 s. 6417. p. 976. 



Nicking. See Docking. 



Nictitating membrane, explained, s. 6370. p. 970. 



Nuns, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Nurses for young plants, plants of an inferior and 

 rapidly growing kind, planted round those which 

 are choicer and of slower growth, both to shelter 

 them and expedite their growth, p. 653. 



O. 



Obstetrics, considerations appertaining to the foaling, 

 call ing, yeaning, &c, of animals, s. 6969. p I 1 5. 



Odometer, from odos, a way, and metrco, to mea- 

 sure, an instrument by which the quantity of 

 space passed over on foot, or in a conveyance, may 

 be ascertained, s. 2506. p. 376. 



CEsophagun, the weasand or gullet, p. 972. 



Omentum, the caul, p. 97 ;. 



One bout stitch, a ridgelet formed by the going 

 and returning of the plough, s. 5235. p. 839. 



Ophthalmia, an inflammation in the coats of the 

 eye, proceeding from arterious blood got out of the 

 vessels, and gathered together between the co;it>, 

 s. 6758. p. 1012. 



Optic nerve, a nerve which perforates the bulb of 

 the eye, and communicates with the brain ; so 

 that every sensation derived from sight depends 

 on the optic nerve, p. 970. 



Outfall, the lower end of a water-course, p. 7 It. 



Outfield, uninclosed farm lands at a distance from 

 the farmstead, s. 802. p. 130. 



Owls, a variety of pigeon, 1095. 



Pacing, one of the motions taught the horse, 

 s. 6672. p. 1003. 



Pancreas, the sweetbread. It is composed of in- 

 numerable small glands, the excretory ducts of 

 which unite and form one duct, called the pan- 

 creatic duct, that conveys a fluid very similar to 

 saliva into the intestines, called the pancreatic 

 juice, which mixes with the chyle in the duode- 

 num. — Crabb. 



Pane of ground, a four-sided compartment of grass 

 ground, adapted for irrigation, p. 726 



Panicle, an irregularly divided branch of flowers, 

 as in the oat, p. 826 



Pantile, a gutter tile, p. 70S 



Papier mache, mashed paper, which, when mix;-d 

 up With glutinous substances, may be moulded 

 into various shapes, p. 810. 



Paring and burning, takii:g off' the turf or surface 

 of grass or waste lands, and incinerating it by 

 means of fire, in order to prepare the soil for 

 aration, p. 520. 



Parotid glands, explained, s. 6388. p. 972. 



Passaging, one of the motions taught the horse, 

 s. 6672. p. 1003. 



Pastern, explained, s. 6319. p. 9P3. 



Patilla, explained, s. 6325. p. 965. 



Paucity, fewness, p. 784. 



Peelers, the same as barkers. Persons employed 

 to deprive trees of their peel or bark, p. 662. 



Pellicle, little skin or coat, p. 822. 



Pelf rot, explained, s. 7264. p. I 



Pendro, explained, s.7267. p. I 



Penultimate, the last but one, p. 801. 



Percolate, to strain, or trickle through, p. 581. 



Percolation, the act of straining, purification or 

 separation by straining, p. 522. 



Pctforans of the horse's foot, explained, s 

 p. 976. 



Periehondium, explained, s. 6336. p. 967. 



Pericranium, explained, s. ii;:'A>. p. 967. 



Peridesmium, explained, s. 6336. p. 967. 



Pervsteum, a general uniting membrane to bones 

 and their appendages, >. 6 6. p. 96/. 



Periph ry, the circumference or orbit, p. 499. 



Peripneumonia, explained, s. 7251. p. 1065. 



Peristaltic motion, the vermicular, worm-like, or 

 creeping motion of the intestines ; by which they 

 contract their spiral fibres so as to propel their 

 contents, p 975. 



Petits, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Pharynx, explained, p. !',2. 



Picking and hacking, loosening with a pick-axe or 

 mattock, and by separating with some cutting 

 tool, s. 3322. p. .' 



Picking of hop plantations, explained, s. 6025. p. 926. 



Piecework, work done and paid for by the measure of 

 quantity, or by previous estimation and agreement, 



