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Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Tercine :: Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

Concha :: Concha (n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal..

Island :: Island (n.) A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent..

Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites..

Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.

Hymenogeny :: Hymenogeny (n.) The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former..

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..

Podium :: Podium (n.) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began..

Neckmould :: Neckmould (n.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.

Exclave :: Exclave (n.) A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.

Midland :: Midland (a.) Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.

Peripetalous :: Peripetalous (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely..

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend..

Bougainvillaea :: Bougainvillaea (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Surrounding :: Surrounded (imp. & p. p.) of Surroun.

Tinchel :: Tinchel (n.) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass..

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