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Inlay :: Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions..

Hand-hole :: Hand-hole (n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc..

Origin :: Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric..

Nib :: Nib (n.) The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder..

Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year..

Interpolate :: Interpolate (v. t.) To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author..

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver..

Acupuncture :: Acupuncture (n.) The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Housing :: Housing (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another..

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers..

Hardy :: Hardy (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.

Insition :: Insition (n.) The insertion of a scion in a stock; ingraftment.

Tenon :: Tenon (v. t.) To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber..

Graft :: Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon..

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty..

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar..

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