sub thoracic (subthorasik)

1. Situated under or below the thorax.-2. Not quite thoracic in position: as, the sub thoracic ventral fins of a fish. subtil, a. An obsolete or archaic form of subtile or subtle. subtile (sut'il or sub'til), a. [Early mod. E. also subtil, subtyle; an altered form, to suit the L., of the earlier sotil, sutil, etc.; = F. subtil = Sp. sutil = Pg. subtil = It. sottile, dious words. He forges the subtile and delicate air into wise and meloEmerson, Nature, p. 49. 2. Delicately constituted, made, or formed; made, or formed; delicately constructed; thin; slender; fine; delicate: delicate; refined; dainty. Also subtle . The remenaunt was wel kevered to my pay, Ryght with a subtyl cover che if of Valence, Ther nas no thikkere clothe of defens. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 272. Gadere that awey with a sotil spone or ellis a fethere. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 9. When he (the beare] resort ethe to the hyllocke where the antes lye hid as in theyr fortre e, he putteth his toonge to one of the ryftes wherof we haue spoken, being as subtyle as the edge of a swoorde, and there with continuall lyckynge maketh the place moyst. R. Eden, tr. of Gonzalus Oviedus (First Books on America, [ed. Arber, p. 222). Venustas, in a silver robe, with a thin, subtile veil over B. Jonson, Masque of Beauty. her hair and it. The more frequently and narrowly we look into them [works of nature], the more occasion we shall have to admire their fine and subtile texture, their beauty, and use, and excellent contrivance. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. xii. It is no science for so the for to sotyle inne. Piers Plowman (B), x. 183. subtilely (sut'il-li or sub'til-li), adv . [Former- ly also subtilly , subtilley ; subtilley powdered in butter or paste. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. 2. Artfully; skilfully; subtly. At night she stal awey ful prively With her face ywimpled subtilly . Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 797. Putte it into a ue el of glas clepid amphora, the which sotely seele. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 11. In avoydyng of the payement of the seid vij. c. mare, the seide Sir Robert Wyngfeld sotylly hath outlay wed the seide John Lyston in Notyngham shir, be the vertue of qwch out lag are all maner of chat tell to the seide John Lyston apperteynyng arn acruwyd on to the Kyng. Paston Letters, I. 41. IMG:content-2399.png:[blocks in formation] subtilene (sut'il-nes or sub'til-nes), n. [ Matter, however subtil i a ted , is matter still. Boyle , Works, III. 39. subtiliationt (sub-til-i-a's hon), n. [ subtil i ate + -ion .] The act of making thin, rare, or subtile. By subtil i at i on and rarefaction the oil contained in grapes, if distilled before it be fermented, becomes spirit of wine. Boyle , Works, III. 39. IMG:content-2400.png:[blocks in formation] The virtue acquires its subtile charm because considered subtility (suor sub-til'i-ti), n.; pl. subtilities as an outgrowth of the beautiful, beneficent, and bounteous nature in which it has its root. Whipple, Starr King. 3t. Sharp; penetrating; piercing. The Monasterie is moist and ye soyle colde, the aire sub tile , scarce of bread, euil wines, crude waters. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 45. Pa we the slow Disease, and subtil Pain, Which our weak Frame is destin'd to sustain. Prior, Solomon, iii. 4. Same as subtle , 3. The Develes ben so subtyle to make a thing to seme otherwise than it is, for to disceyve mankynde. Mandeville , Travels, p. 283. The seyd Walter by hese sotill and ungoodly enform a cion caused the seyd Duke to be hevy lord to the seyd William. Paston Letters, I. 16. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. Gen. iii. 1. The subtile persuasions of Uli es. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 25. Wherevnto this subtile Savage replyed. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 195. A most subtile wench! how she hath baited him with a viol yonder for a song! B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 1. But yet I shall remember you of what I told you before, that he [the carp] is a very subtile fish, and hard to be caught. (-tiz). [Formerly also subtillity ; subtil ité = Sp. sutilidad = Pg. subtilidade = It. sottilità , subtil it a (t-)s, finene , slenderne , acute- ne , subtil is , fine, slender, subtile: see subtile .] 1. Subtilene or subtlene ; the quality of be- ing subtile or subtle. Also subtlety . [Rare.] Without any of that speculative subtility or ambidex- terity of argumentation. Sterne, Tristram Shandy. 2. A fine-drawn distinction; a nicety. Also subtlety . I being very inquisitiue to know of the sub till i ties of those countreyes [China and Tartary), and especially in matter of learning and of their vulgar Poesie. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 75. Their tutors commonly spend much time in teaching them the subtilities of logic. Lord Herbert of Cherbury , Life (ed. Howells), p. 42. subtilization (sut'ior sub"ti-li-zā'shon), n . [F. subtilisation = Sp. sutilizacion = Pg. sub tilização ; as subtilize + -ation.] 1. The act of making subtile, fine, or thin.-2. In chem ., the operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.-3. Nicety in drawing distinctions, etc. Also spelled subtilisation . I. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 145. 5. Same as subtle , 4. And [he] made that by subtyll conduytes water to be hydde, and to come downe in maner of Rayne. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 162. With soutil pencel depeynted was this storie, In redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie. 6. Same as subtle , 5. subtilize (sut'i-līz or sub'ti-liz), v.; pret. and pp. subtilized, ppr. subtilizing. [= F. subtiliser = Sp. sutilizar = Pg.subtil izar = It. sottilizzare; as subtile + -ize.] I. trans. To make thin or fine; make le gro or coarse; refine or etherealize, as matter; spin out finely, as an argu Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1191. ment. IMG:content-2401.png:[blocks in formation] They spent their whole lives in agitating and subtilizing questions of faith. War burton, Works, IX. viii. By long brooding over our recollections we subtilize them into something akin to imaginary stuff. Hawthorne, Blithe dale Romance, xii. What has been said above, however, in regard to a po ible subtilized theory applies a fort i or i to the coarser theory of Absolute and Relative Time. Amer. Jour . Philol ., VIII. 66. II. in trans. To refine; elaborate or spin out, as in argument; make very nice distinctions; split hairs. In doubt full Cases he can subtilize . And wyliest pleaders hearts anatomize. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. And Rask, one of the most eminent of modern philolo- gists, has subtilized so far upon them [intonations] that few of his own countrymen, even, have sufficient acutene of ear to follow him. G. P. Marsh , Lects, on Eng. Lang., xiii. subtle Seneca, however, in one of his letters (ep. lxxv.), subtilises a good deal on this point [that the affections are of the nature of a disease). Lecky, Europ. Morals, L. 198. Also spelled subtilise .