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tion of pillars, called the needles, are seen, the tops of which, just appearing out of the sloping bank, plainly show them to be in an oblique position, and· about half way between the perpendicular and hori­ zontal: These seem to have been removed om a perpendicular to their present obligue position, by the sinking or lling of the cli .
Mus'cuLAR, a., relating to the action or power of the muscl R -which are the eshy, brous parts of an animal body, covered with a skin peculiar to themselves, and are the immediate instruments of mo­ tion. F. musculaire. iu., G., a muscle, is said to be derived om muein, to cover.
OBTUSE', a., not acute; int, dull, blunt. F. obtuse; L. obtusus, or obtundus, om obtundo,-ob, and tundo, I blunt.
LETH'ARGY, n., state of sleepiness: sluggish rgpt lness or insensi­ bility. L. lethargia; G. lethargos, one who quickly rgets,-lethe, rgetfulness, and argos, swift.
NER'vous, a., relating to the nerves,-which are the organs of sensa­ tion, passing om the brain to all parts of the body. Nervous is sometimes applied to what is vigorous or strong; at others, to what is diseased or weak. L. nervosus, om nervus, a nerve, a string ;
that which strings or strengthens.
0EREB 1LUM, n., the hinder part of the head; of the brain. L. cere­ bellwa, om kapa, G., the head.
PuL'MONARY, a., of or pertaining to the lungs. F. pulmonaire, om pidmo, L., the lungs.
LAR1YNX (-inks), n., a cartilage or gristle rming the protuberance in the front of the neck, vulgarly called Pomum Adami, Adam's ap­ ple; the windpipe or trachea. F. and L. la·rynx; G. la x, the gullet, the throat.
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LESSON XI.
REPTILES.
REP'TILES (-tils), n., creeping, crawling animals with ur legs, as tor­ toises, ogs, and lizards. F. r tiles, om reptare, L., to creep. LUNGS, n., the organs of respiration or breathing, by means of which
the breath is inhaled and exhaled; the lights, so called, om their lightness. A.S. lungena, om langen, to raw, because the breath is drawn through them.
!RRITABIL1ITY, n., state or quality of being irritable, that is, capable of being agitated, pained, or fretted by any unaccustomed contact; om I. and L., in·it re, om erotho, G., I provoke.