(n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
(n.) The act of robbing on the highway.
(v. t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.
(v. i.) To travel heavily or slowly.
(v. i.) To rob on foot.
(v. i.) To wear a path by walking.
(n.) A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
(n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
(n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
(n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
(n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
(n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
(n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
(n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
(v. t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
(v. t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) We describe an enzymatic fluorometric method for determining glucose concentrations in blood samples by analysis on a semi-solid surface (silicone-rubber pads).
(2) Specific antisera prepared in rabbits or in foot-pad-inoculated chickens were adequate for culture typing.
(3) The remaining fat pad was used for calculations of cell numbers in the fat cell and connective tissue cell compartment.
(4) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
(5) The superficial bacterial flora were sampled by velvet pad imprints, and the deep flora were determined from whole skin biopsies.
(6) Lymphocytes obtained from lymph nodes draining foot pads infected with R. conorii or R. akari demonstrated cross-reactivity similar to that found with immune spleen cells.
(7) It is suggested that this is due to the fact that the small animals have discrete, elevated volar pads.
(8) We present our results with 8 free transfers of the toe pulp and demonstrate the successful restoration of a well-padded and sensitive fingertip.
(9) Some foot-pad dermatitis was still observed in poults fed levels of methionine more than adequate to meet the requirements for optimum growth and feed efficiency.
(10) Minor amounts were deposited in liver, kidneys and epididymal fat pads.
(11) Moontain Hostel is a new pad for skiers on a budget, with dorm beds from just €20 and private rooms from €60.
(12) Human chorionic somatomammotropin extracted and purified from placenta at term was proved to have a lipolytic action in the epididymal fat pad of rats.
(13) Many pharmacy departments in Michigan hospitals can substantially improve their adherence to ASHP and OSHA recommendations related to PADs.
(14) A foot-pad oedema model was used to investigate the presence of free radicals using a chemiluminescence method.
(15) Therefore, the plantar forces acting under the metatarsal heads of the 1st, 2nd and 5th rays and under the pads of the 1st and 2nd toes were measured during walking, so that with the aid of anthropometric information pertaining to the forefoot, reaction forces in the flexor tendons and in the joints could be estimated.
(16) Infections of mice with Mycobacterium leprae in one rear foot pad immunized them against a second infection in the other rear foot pad.
(17) Incorporation of glucose into fat pad glycogen and CO2 was decreased.
(18) In vitro attempts to demonstrate local activated macrophages in the foot pads of M. leprae infected mice failed, but, because of the technical problems encountered, do not preclude their presence.
(19) We performed comprehensive electrophysiologic studies and skeletal muscle histologic analysis in six patients with unilateral PAD and five control subjects matched for age and activity level.
(20) The fat pads were stimulated with continuous-pulse trains for 15 seconds via a hand-held bipolar electrode using constant current (10-15 mA), constant pulse width (0.02-0.05 msec), and at 6.6, 10, 20, 25, and 30 Hz.
Toad
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
Example Sentences:
(1) A golden toad (Bufo periglenes) in Monteverde Cloud forest reserve in Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.
(2) Resting plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine levels were 13.1 and 2.1 nmol liter-1 for the marine toad (Bufo marinus).
(3) A study was made of the innervation of the longitudinal muscle of the toad ileum with particular emphasis on the splanchnic innervation by non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) nerves.
(4) These results indicate that GE decreases active Na transport in the toad skin.
(5) Fenoterol significantly increased toad skin oxygen consumption and net Na+ movement across the skin due to an increase in Na+ flux from mucosa to serosa.
(6) We attempted to distinguish between these 2 possibilities by studying paired toad bladders during 3 protocols that alter vasopressin-stimulated water flow across the intact tissue without altering aggregate frequency.
(7) In IDD patients the ultrafiltrates were active in the TTC assay and in the toad assay.
(8) About 2 weeks after metamorphosis, midwife toads Alytes obstetricans judge the size of a prey object mainly in scales of visual angle.
(9) However, we also demonstrate that published data show the existence of strong nonlinearities in the single-photon responses of toad and perhaps also of locust.
(10) A photoreactive analogue of vasotocin, [1-desamino,4-lysine(azidobenzoyl),8-arginine]vasotocin (4-N3-AVT), has been examined in the isolated toad urinary bladder for biological activity and binding to hormonal receptors.
(11) Earlier studies have shown that a substance(s) released from the egg jelly of the toad Bufo arenarum is required for fertilization.
(12) Commenters on his blog posted numerous fotozhaby – literally, photo-toads, or montages – in pastiche of the sham image.
(13) Schematic eyes, with homogeneous and non homogeneous lenses, were constructed for tadpoles, juvenile toads, and adult toads.
(14) Bidirectional sodium fluxes were measured across toad bladder sacs after eliminating active transport with ouabain.
(15) The properties of hyperpolarization-activated channels were studied in single smooth muscle cells from the stomach of the toad, Bufo marinus, using the patch-clamp technique.
(16) Findings from toad urinary bladder, Necturus gallbladder, and rabbit cortical collecting tubule are reviewed.
(17) The chronotropic and inotropic effects of stimulating the vagus on the hearts of the dog, duck and toad were studied.2.
(18) The inhibition of osmotic stimulated water flow in the isolated toad bladder by 0.1 mM sodium stibogluconate (pentavalent antimony) is described.
(19) Other than snake venoms, only venoms of the toad Bufo calamita and the lizards were hemorrhagic, and only venoms of the social wasps, social bees and harvester ant exhibited strong anticoagulant activity.
(20) By analogy with the comparable glands of the yellow-bellied toad and the grass frog, these are called the toxic, lumpy, mucous, callous, and small glands.