oval compass

A compa for describing ovals. oval-file, s. A file having an elliptical or oval cro -section. Used sometimes as a gullet ing file. contained. It consists of an outer fibrous coat and a parenchyma, or stroma. In the human female the right and left ovary are two oval compre ed bodies, attached to the uterus by a narrow fibrous cord, and more slightly by the fimbriated ends of the Fallopian tubes, which admit of the pa age of the ovum from the ovary to the uterus, and, if it becomes impregnated, it remains there until the embryo is fully developed. *ō-var-ň, a. [OVATION.] Pertaining to an ovation. ( Browne : Miscellany Tracts , ii.)