Brachium: alternatives and connections

That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse,…

A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

To tear limb from limb; to dismember.

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…

The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…

The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…

That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw…

The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superin…