vestibulum

[Lat.] Anat.: The same as VESTIBULE (q. v.). IMG:content-0483.png:[blocks in formation] vestigial-structure, s. Biol.: A vestige. [VESTIGE, II.] "But these are not all, or nearly all, the vestigial str us. tures that may be seen in the Bird's skull, to say nothing of the skeleton generally; they are sufficient, however, to justify the a umption that Birds arose by secular transformation, either from the lowest and most ancient of the true Reptiles, or equally with Reptiles from archaio Amphibia, low in structure, but full of potential excel. lence, and ready, pro re nat a, to become Reptile, Bird, or even Mammal, as the case might be."-Nature, March 22, 1888, p. 502. *ves-ti-gie, s. (VESTIGE.] věst-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. [VEST, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: Cloth for vests. "Fancy trouserings and vestings hold their position steadily."-London Times. *věs'-ti-ture, s. [O. Fr.] [VESTURE, 8.] 1. The manufacture or preparation of cloth. 2. Investiture. *věst'-lět, s . (Dimin. of Eng. vest , s. (?).] Zool .: A fanciful name for Ceria nth us membran ace us = Edwards i a vestita . (Go e: Act i no logia Britannica , p. 268.) The name never came into general use.