(n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
(n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
(n.) A small piece of tobacco.
(n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.
(n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.
(n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.
(n.) Figure; dress; array.
Example Sentences:
(1) aeruginosa and Enterococci) were significantly reduced in number during the manipulation (Fig.
(2) Good follow-up results in the zone 2, 3, 4 and 6 of VERDAN are observed only 6 to 17 percent (fig.
(3) The morphology and physiology of the large adapting unit (LAU: Fig.
(4) The median level of haptoglobin types 2-2 and 2-1 was found to be proportional to the agglutination titer of T4 antigen-carrying streptococci (Fig.
(5) Success is measured not only in terms of cosmetic appearance, but as enhanced capacity of the child's hand in all activities of daily living (Fig.
(6) Some pupal motor neurons, however, show a marked non-linear response to depolarizing current injection (Fig.
(7) We conclude that the following may explain the rise in blood pressure with obesity and the subsequent fall in blood pressure (Fig.
(8) The course of TV-dependence on FGF is shown in Fig.
(9) Results with the model strengthen the hypothesis that tetraethylammonium (TEA) acts on both the maximum potassium conductance (gK) and the mechanism of sodium conductance inactivation (Tauh) to lengthen the action potential as observed on the Ranvier node (fig.
(10) Furthermore, the susceptibility testing to sulfadimethoxine was considered to be useful for differentiation between two photochromogens, M. kansasii and M. marinum and for differentiation between two scotochromogens, M. scrofulaceum and M. gordonae (Fig.
(11) These low figures were caused by the lack of repeatability of DBP readings in the second determination, since 79% of the individuals with DBP > or = 90 mmHg on the first occasion were normotensive on the second one, whereas more than 95% of those being initially normotensive remained in that category on the second visit (Fig.
(12) These cells infiltrated the vessels the walls of which were turgid but without fibrinoid necrosis (fig.
(13) A coronal section of the cerebrum clearly demonstrated a large tumor in the left frontal lobe with small mass in the right frontal lobe (Fig.
(14) Histological results confirm prior physiological experiments suggesting that the reduction may be produced by mechanical forces on the sensory nerve, rather than synaptically (Fig.
(15) Different types of responses have been found; they are noted in table I and pictured on fig.
(16) Pathologic examination revealed scattered areas of mucosal necrosis (Fig.
(17) Transient responding neurons generally showing on- or off-responses to pure tones, (BEF between 65 and 88 kHz), displayed highly synchronized discharge patterns to SFM-cycles (Fig.
(18) After 1 year, both teeth showed a narrow fibrous zone without inflammation opposite the filling material (Fig.
(19) The thickness and extent of the pads is individually assessed according to the estimated sensitivity of the particular area (Fig.
(20) This unusual, distinctive synovial neoplasm presents readily recognizable pathological features (Fig.
Jig
Definition:
(n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
(n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
(n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
(n.) A small machine or handy tool
(n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
(n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
(v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
(v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
(n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
(v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Del Bosque really want to win this World Cup thingymebob, then he has got to tell Iker Casillas that the jig is up, correct?
(2) Between members of different teams however, only the finger breadth method attained reliabilities above .7, and the plexiglass jig, in particular, showed very low reliability.
(3) A new jig simulating the abdominal cavity and wall is described.
(4) The stain pattern on the stem was analysed in a 3-point-bending jig and also after cementing it into cadaver femurs.
(5) Dipnets and jigs inflicted minimal trauma and were preferred for squid capture.
(6) Once the jig is in position, the patient is asked to produce left and right lateral movements until muscular relaxation is obtained.
(7) We developed some instruments to resolve these problems; i.e., scopes with a large diameter for high resolution, a triangulation instrument for multiple cannulations, a needle set-up jig for disk traction suture, a step cannulation system and a two-channel cannula for operating in the narrow lower joint space and a fixing jig for cannulas in the upper and lower joint space to observe the same portion of the discal tissue from both joint space during disk suturing.
(8) When, in 1996, the Globe theatre in London first experimented with doing it Shakespeare’s way, the scholars and theatre folk encountered the jig problem.
(9) This study used a special jig system, photography, and a sonic digitizer to evaluate the change in canal size and location after retreatment in 20 teeth with small or large curved canals (greater than 23 degrees).
(10) The kinetics of neural uptake and efflux of lidocaine hydrochloride were studies by means of a standardized technique for blocking the intraorbital nerve of the rat, using a palatal jig.
(11) Thermostatic regulation of tissue temperature is provided by on-off control of the average power supplied independently to each heating jig.
(12) It is recommended that the clearance of the hole in the support jig is at least 0.7 mm and that push-out results are only compared with each other when materials with similar Young's modulus are concerned.
(13) The ads have featured a miniature Miliband in Salmond’s jacket pocket and, in one animated film, the Labour leader dancing to a Scottish jig played by Salmond on a recorder.
(14) When a mechanical checkout jig was set up at the same point, a discrepancy of 4 mm resulted when the gantry was moved from 0 degrees to 180 degrees.
(15) The Herbert screw is useful in treating displaced capitellar fractures since the jig maintains the reduction and the screw, compressing the fracture site, is buried beneath the articular cartilage and does not have to be removed.
(16) If you want sustainable supply chains, you have to re-jig how you think.
(17) A two-part German-South African co-production based on the bestselling Kate Mosse novel, it's a window-rattling potboiler bubbling with ancient religious conspiracies, comely medieval wenches, comely 21st-century academics, fogbanks of swirly past-times skulduggery, evil pharmaceutical CEOs in 10 denier tights, priapic chevaliers and, verily, a script that does dance a merry jig upon the very phizog of credibility.
(18) A central distractor, attached to the jig, positions and aligns the knee at 0 degrees or 90 degrees.
(19) A pilot drill with a built-in stop to prevent overpenetration is used first and then the screw can be inserted with jig, or it may be inserted manually if the osteotomy is stablized temporarily with a Kirschner wire.
(20) Single-limb-stance loads and combined axial and torsional loads were applied to the implanted femoral prostheses with the use of a jig that simulated acetabular and trochanteric loading.