umbilicated (umbilikated)

[ umbilication (um-bil-i-kā'shon), n. [ umbilicular (um-bi-lik'ū-lär), a. [Appar. intended for umbilicar, This change in tone I attribute to a great extent to the new vistas opened up by the school of evolutionists, and by the writers have drawn attention off mere um bilicular contemplation, such as Morris, Ro etti, and Swinburne. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXII. 513. umbilicus (um-bi-lī'kus), n.; pl. umbilici (-sī). [F. ombilic (also nombril ) = Sp. ombligo = Pg. embigo = It. umbilico, numbles. Religioun umble and trewe also. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 6154. Same as humble - pie . This day I had a whole doe sent me by Mr. Hozier, which is a fine present, and I had the umbles of it for dinner. Pepys , Diary, III. 301. umbo (um'bo), n.; pl. umbones (um-bonez). [NL., bo , knob, projection, also poet. a shield; akin to Gr. άμβων, a bo , elevation, pu pulpit (see L. umbo (n-), the bo of a shield, IMG:content-1214.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1215.jpg:[ocr errors] a, Umbo on Rondache Shield of the Car loving i an shield, any ( see am bo), and to L. umbilicus, umbilicus, Gr. ὅμφαλος, navel: see um bilicus.] 1. The bo of a shield, central in the case of a circular shield. The umbo was sometimes hollow, convex toward the outer side and within allowing the hand to pa into the hollow and grasp a transverse bar; this form occurs especially in small round shields (see buckler ); sometimes the umbo terminated in a spike which was a formidable weapon of offense. 2. A bo or knob. ( a ) In bot., the knob in the center of the pileus or cap of an agaricoid fungus. (b) In zoöl., a small circumscribed protuberance period... From Viollet le umbilicus; a button-like form a français.") tion. Specifically- (1) In conch., the beak of a bivalve shell; the protuberance of each valve above the hinge. The umbo represents the apex of a conoidal figure, and is usually a mere protuberance; sometimes, however, it is greatly prolonged into a kind of horn, which may even be twisted or spirally turned. See cuts under dimyarian, Plicatula, and Mytilus. (2) In echinoderms, a pore-plate; one of the little elevated ambulacral plates or pieces which are perforated for the pa age of pedicels or tube-feet. See cut under ambulacrum. (3) In entom., one of certain movable bo es, each surmounted by a spine, on the prothorax of some beetles, as of the genus Macropus, of A croc in us long i man us, etc. Kirby and Spence. (c) In an at., a prom i nence of the tympanic membrane, or drum of the ear, at the point where the handle of the malleus is attached. umbonal (um'bō-nal), a. [L. umbo (n-), a bo , knob, + -al. ] Protuberant, like a knob, bo , or umbo; umbonic; umbonate: as, an umbonal formation. - Umbonal area or region, in conch., a part umbral (um'brä), n.; pl. umbræ (-brē). [NL., Umbra (um'bra), n. [NL. (Gronovius; Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846), Mud-minnow ( Umbra limi ). and Umbridæ. There are two species, respec veland Europe and North Americanoid fish, meri U. limi.-2. [l. c.] Umbrina cirrosa; the umbrine. See cut under Umbrina . umbraced (um'brast), a. [Appar. an error for or misreading of vambraced.] In her., same as vambraced.