Definition of margin

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Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty..

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Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop..
Rhopalium :: Rhopalium (n.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Suture :: Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention..
Opisthion :: Opisthion (n.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull..
Cirrate :: Cirrate (a.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.
Dentate-ciliate :: Dentate-ciliate (a.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.
Basion :: Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..
Trichomanes :: Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States..
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary..
Caret :: Caret (n.) A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret..
Bimarginate :: Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells..
Ammonite :: Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis..
Troilus :: Troilus (n.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings..
Curbstone :: Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone..
Scincoidian :: Scincoidian (n.) Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority..
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