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Fauces
(gcide) | Fauces \Fau"ces\, n. pl. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
situated between the soft palate and the base of the
tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called
the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
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2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
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fauces
(gcide) | faux \faux\ (f[add]ks), n.; pl. fauces (f[add]"s[=e]z). [L.]
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fauces
(wn) | fauces
n 1: the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx |
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Fauces
(gcide) | Fauces \Fau"ces\, n. pl. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
situated between the soft palate and the base of the
tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called
the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
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2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
[1913 Webster]faux \faux\ (f[add]ks), n.; pl. fauces (f[add]"s[=e]z). [L.]
See Fauces. |
Isthmus of the fauces
(gcide) | Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Isthmuses. [L. isthmus,
Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the
root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are
connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland;
as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
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Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
[1913 Webster]Fauces \Fau"ces\, n. pl. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
situated between the soft palate and the base of the
tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called
the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
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2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
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isthmus of the fauces
(gcide) | Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Isthmuses. [L. isthmus,
Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the
root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are
connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland;
as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
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Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
[1913 Webster]Fauces \Fau"ces\, n. pl. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
situated between the soft palate and the base of the
tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On
either side of the passage two membranous folds, called
the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
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2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
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3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell
which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
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Pillars of the fauces
(gcide) | Pillar \Pil"lar\, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium,
pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.]
1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright,
insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or
post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a
superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an
ornament.
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Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv.
20.
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The place . . . vast and proud,
Supported by a hundred pillars stood. --Dryden.
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2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in
appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay;
as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. "You
are a well-deserving pillar." --Shak.
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By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --Milton.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried
before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the
church. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground,
around which a horse turns.
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From pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from
one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
[Colloq.]
Pillar saint. See Stylite.
Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1.
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