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Lobster :: Lobster (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters..

Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.

Gut :: Gut (n.) The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line..

Tendril :: Tendril (a.) Clasping; climbing as a tendril.

Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..

Espinel :: Espinel (n.) A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Piecer :: Piecer (n.) A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

Spine :: Spine (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.

Loin :: Loin (n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef..

Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..

Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

Spinetail :: Spinet (n.) A spinny.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou..

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Myelonal :: Myelonal (a.) Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or spinal, nerves..

Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Prescapular :: Prescapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.

Dabb :: Dabb (n.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb..

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