semitaur (semitar)

[Formerly semitaure, semitawre; cutting off the human head of a semitaur. Also semitaure. He sees Chimeras, Gorgons, Mino-Taures, Medusas, Haggs, Alectos, Semi - Taures . Sylvester, tr. of Be thulia's Rescue, vi. Some semitawres , and some more halfe a beare, Other halfe swine deepe wallowing in the miers. Breton, Pilgrimage to Paradise, p. 8. ( Davies .) Semite (sem'it), n.and a. [ Semites , Sem , IMG:content-0595.png:[blocks in formation] semi ten dinos us (sem-i-ten-di-no's us), n.; pl. semi ten dinos i (-sī). [NL. (sc. musculus ): see semi tendinous.] A fusiform muscle with a remarkably long tendon, on the back of the thigh, at the inner side of the biceps femoris, arising from the tuberosity of the ischium in common with the biceps, and inserted at the inner anterior side of the shaft of the tibia beneath the insertion of the sartorius. This muscle flexes the leg, and its tendon forms one of the inner hamstrings. Also called ten dinos us and ischiopretibialis. semi tendinous (sem-i-ten'di- 'di-nus), a. Tendinous for half its length or thereabouts, as a muscle; having a tendon about as long as its fleshy part, as the semi ten dinos us. semiterete (semi-tērēt'), a. Half-round; semi cylindric, like a cheese-scoop. semi tertian (sem-i-ter's han), a. and n. I. a. Partly tertian and partly quotidian: applied to intermittent fevers. II. n. A semi tertian fever.