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‖n.; pl. Fabellae [ NL., dim. of L. faba a bean. ] (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel. ] (Bot.) Flabelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme. ] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve. ] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Flabel. ] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Gabel. ] A tax, especially on salt. [ France ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gabeler. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glabellæ [ NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald. ] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar a. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Glabella [ NL. See Glabella. ] (Zool.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., . [ Said to be named from the Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601 to 1604, in consequence of a vow made by her. ] A brownish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of an isabel or isabella color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Labella E. Labellums [ L., dim. of labrum lip. ] 1. (Bot.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel. ] (Zool.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sabella + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like, or related to, the genus Sabella. -- Sa*bel"loid, n. [1913 Webster]