lymphatic vessels

pl. Anat .: The lymphatic ve els convey in solution to the blood matters derived from the wear and tear of the ve els or from outside. ( Todd and Bow man: Phys. Anat . , ii. 290.) lym-pho-duct, lym-phe-duct, subst . [Lat. lymph a lymph, and duct us a leading, a duct.] 1. Anat .: A ve el in animal bodies which conveys the lymph; a lymphatic. ( Black more . ) 2. Bot . ( pl .): Sap-ve els. to put them into execution. on. At the head of his followers he promptly got upon the track of the unsuspecting enemy, captured many and caused the others to flee from the country. When any of these outlaws fell into his hands they were not taken at once to a tree and hanged or tied to a stake and shot, as is now done under the perverted system of the present day, a jury was selected from Lynch's men, over which he presided as judge; the cap tives were tried separately, the accused being allowed to make his own defense, and to show cause, if he could, why he should not be punished. If found guilty the pun. ishment was inflicted on the spot. The general impre ion has been that in all cases of Lynch-law the penalty Lynch well was a ured by him that he never willingly condemned a criminal to capital punishment, and that prisoners were frequently let off with a severe flogging and then liberated on the condition that they would leave was death. That is a mistake. A who knew the country. *lyn'-cus, s. [Mod. Lat.] [LYNX.] Zool .: A genus proposed by Gray ( Annals of Phil ., xxvi.), to include the lynxes, which are now cla ed as species (or varieties of a species) of the genus Felis.