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ornis, a bird, ornithos, of a bird ; 



phoreo, I bear), the form of whose 

 flowers bears some resemblance to 

 three little birds seated in the 

 spur. 



Linden, Im'd&n, or Lime tree, the 

 Tilia Europsea, Ord. Tiliacese, 

 from whose tough fibrous inner 

 bark are manufactured Russian 

 mats ; the bark is also called 

 ' bast ' or ' bass. ' 



linea alba, lin'-e-d aW-d (L. linea, 

 a line ; albus, white), a white 

 line formed by the meeting of the 

 tendons of the abdominal muscles, 

 which extend from the ensiform 

 cartilage to the pubes : linea 

 aspera, as'per-a (L. asper, rough, 

 uneven), on the femur, a promin- 

 ent ridge extending along the 

 central third of the shaft pos- 

 teriorly, and bifurcating above 

 and below : 1. quadrata, Icwftd- 

 rdt f 'd (L. quadrdtus, square, four- 

 cornered), a well-marked emin- 

 ence passing vertically downwards 

 for about two inches along the 

 back part of the shaft of the 

 femur : 1. splendens, splen'd^nz 

 (L. splendens, bright, shining), a 

 conspicuous, fibrous band running 

 down in front over the interior 

 medium fissure of the pia mater 

 of the spinal cord. 



lineae semilunares, lin'-e-e sem'-i- 

 Idn-dr'ez (L. linece, lines ; semi, 

 a half; luna, the moon), two 

 curved tendinous lines on each 

 side of the linea alba : linese 

 transversae, trdns-vers'-e (L. 

 transversus, turned or directed 

 across from trans, across ; ver- 

 sus, turned), three or four narrow 

 transverse lines which intersect 

 the rectus muscle. 



linear, a., lin'e-ar (L. linea, a 

 line), narrow ; line-like ; in bot., 

 having very narrow leaves much 

 longer than broad. 



ling, n., ling (Icel. ling, any small 

 shrub), common heather, the 

 Culluna vulgaris, Ord. Ericaceae. 



lingual, a., llng'-gwdl (L. lingua, 



the tongue), connected with the 

 tongue : lingualis, n., ling-gwdl'- 

 is, a longitudinal band of muscular 

 fibres situated on the under 

 surface of the tongue, which 

 contracts the tongue and com- 

 presses its point : linguiform, a. , 

 ling'-gwi'form (L. forma, shape), 

 in bot., shaped like a tongue 

 also Ungulate, a., llng'-gul-at, in 

 same sense. 



liniment, n., Im'-i-ment (L. lini- 

 mentum, an ointment from 

 linere, to besmear), a thick, oily, 

 or other liquid substance, to be 

 rubbed into the skin. 



Linnaea, n., lin-ne'-a (after Lin- 

 nceus the illustrious naturalist), 

 a genus of elegant little plants, 

 natives of northern regions, Ord. 

 Caprifoliacese : Linnaea borealis, 

 bor^e-aftis (L. borZdlis, northern), 

 the two-flowered Linnsea. 



linum, see 'linacese.' 



lipoma, n., lip-dm'-a, lipomata, n. 

 plu., lip-Smf-dt-a (Gr. tipos, fat), 

 fatty tumours or growths. 



Liquidamber, n., W-w^d-^m-ber 

 (L. liquidus, liquid ; ambar, am- 

 ber, alluding to the gum which 

 exudes from the trees), a genus 

 of ornamental hard trees, Ord. 

 Hamamelidacese : Liquidambar 

 orientalis, or'-i-ent-dl'-is (L. ori- 

 entdlis, eastern from orior, I 

 arise), a species which yields 

 liquid storax, used as a remedy 

 for scabies : L. altingiana, dl- 

 tinj f 'i'dn f -d (after Ailing, a German 

 botanist) ; L. Formosana, for'- 

 mdz-dn'-d (of or from Formosa}-, 

 and L. styraciflua, stir'a-si/'ld-a 

 (L. styrax, a resinous gum, storax, 

 styrdcis, of storax ; fluo, I flow), 

 the sweet gum tree, the three 

 preceding yield resins which are 

 used as fragrant balsams. 



liquor, n., lik'-er (L. liquor, a fluid 

 from liqueo, I melt), a fluid or 

 liquid; a natural fluid or secretion 

 of the body ; a watery solution ; 

 an extract ; a spirituous fluid : 

 liquor ammonias, dm-mon^i-e (L. 



