cuirass

  • 121Tasse — Tasse, n. [OF. tassette.] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. [1913 Webster] Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by… …

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  • 122Thorax — Tho rax, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebr[ae], the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and …

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  • 123To set one's rest — Rest Rest, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r[ o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G …

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  • 124To set up one's rest — Rest Rest, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r[ o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G …

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  • 125coriaceous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin coriaceus more at cuirass Date: 1674 resembling leather < coriaceous foliage > …

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  • 126corium — noun (plural coria) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, leather more at cuirass Date: 1836 dermis …

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  • 127cortex — noun (plural cortices or cortexes) Etymology: Latin cortic , cortex bark more at cuirass Date: 1677 1. a. (1) the outer or superficial part of an organ or bodily structure (as the kidney, adrenal gland, or cerebellum or a bone); …

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  • 128cuirassier — noun Date: 1625 a mounted soldier wearing a cuirass …

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