Lamina: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…

A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of cer…

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.

A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.

A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of…

a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of…

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.

That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a…

Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or…

Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the perioste…