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Bilge :: Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

Fissure :: Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Resin :: Resin (n.) Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin)..

Anfracture :: Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.

Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..

Refracture :: Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone..

Split :: Splintery (a.) Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral..

Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The breaking of a bone.

Fractural :: Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture..

Contrafissure :: Contrafissure (n.) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it..

Flabellation :: Flabellation (n.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..

Diastasis :: Diastasis (n.) A forcible of bones without fracture.

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Fault :: Fault (v. t.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted..

Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..

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