cistulan.
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1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 61 The Eggs of some Fish, which produces or breeds them in a little Cistula or Bag.
2. in Catoptrics (see quot. 1728).
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Catoptrics Catoptric Cistula, a Machine, or Apparatus, whereby little Bodies are represented extremely large; and near ones extreamly wide..by means of Mirrors, dispos'd..in the Concavity of a kind of Chest.
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3. Botany. The small cup-shaped conceptacle of certain lichens. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)
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n.1699- to nip in the neck
- to nip in the pate
- to nip on the head
- to nip on the neck
- to nip on the pate
- to nip or crush in the bud
- to nix out
- to nix out on
- to no avail
- to no effect
- to no end
- to no purpose
- to nod off
- to nod out
- to nod through
- to nod through parliament
- to nod through the division
- to nod through the division lobby
- to noise it
- to noodle out
- to noodle up
- to nor fro
- to nor ne fro
- to nose ahead
- to nose down