(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a……

(a) A piece of decorative fabric bearing a painted, embroidered, or woven pattern or figures and used variously as a carpet, coverlet, bed or wall hanging, or the like, a tapestry; also fig.; also in……

Anat. Of the temples, temporal; also, as noun: the temporal muscles. …

Anat. A tendon. …

(a) To adjudicate (a matter), decide (a case); (b) to bring to an end (an age of the world); cease (the practice of circumcision as a requirement of the Law); med. put an end to (a morbid condition)……

(a) The art of weaving; (b) anat. a membrane; (c) anat. the portion of the eye where the tissues of the cornea and conjunctiva become continuous. …

In expressions of motion: (a) to a place; to this place, here; to that place or person, there; also used redundantly following prep. phrase with to [last 2 quots.]; hard in goinge to, hard to get at……

Anat. Capable of contracting; responsive to a pushing force. …

Anat. The prepuce, foreskin. …

(a) A garment resembling a shirt or gown, worn alone or beneath a mantle, armor, etc.; (b) anat. a layer of tissue or a membrane lining or enveloping a bodily organ or member, esp. the eye; in cpds……

(a) Eccl. A vestment similar to, or sometimes identical with, the dalmatic or the alb specifically assigned to the subdeacon assisting at the Mass; vestement of tunicle; (b) a regal or ceremonial……

(a) Anat. The uvula; also, the epiglottis; (b) uva passe, a grape or raisin. …

Anat. The soft, fleshy tissue hanging down from the middle of the soft palate, the uvula; also, the epiglottis. …

Anat. A hollow space within an organ or part of the body, a cavity. …

(a) A door or leaf of a folding door; ?also, a doorway or passageway [last quot.]; (b) anat. the female urethral opening; also, the vagina or vulva. …

Anat. (a) A blood vessel; also in fig. context; also, fig. the blood, the innermost seat of one’s feelings, the heart; the veines of his grucchinge, the essence of his complaint (b) in generalizing……

Anat. A chamber or cavity within a bodily organ (a) either ventricle of the heart; also, a supposed third ventricle of the heart; lift ventricle; right ventricle; thrid ventricle; (b) any of the four……

Anat. The round head of the femur which rests in the hip socket; also, the upper part of the small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the human spinal column, coccyx. …

Anat. The crown or topmost part of the head. …

(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an……