Definition of gland

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Gland (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing..

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Whinstone :: Whinstone (n.) A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt..
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration..
Proventriulus :: Proventriulus (n.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop..
Thymic :: Thymic (a.) Of or pertaining to the thymus gland.
Una Boat :: Una boat () The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..
Sublingual :: Sublingual (a.) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse..
Lawsonia :: Lawsonia (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette..
Anglican :: Anglican (a.) Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England..
Condurrite :: Condurrite (n.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England..
Benedicite :: Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..
Sea Coal :: Sea coal () Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land..
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Lobulated :: Lobulated (a.) Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland..
Yorkshire :: Yorkshire (n.) A county in the north of England.
Northumbrian :: Northumbrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.
Eglandulose :: Eglandulose (a.) Alt. of Eglandulou.
Parotoid :: Parotoid (a.) Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
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