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‖n. [ F., dim. of fourche. See Fork. ] 1. A table fork. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) (a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. (b) The wishbone or furculum of birds. (c) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surg.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frænum. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Glove Making) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Card Playing) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) a short, condensed fugue. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans. [ PJC ]

3. [ fig. ] Any isolated group of people. [ PJC ]

4. [ fig. ] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [ PJC ]

n. [ from their popularity with negro inner-city (ghetto) youth ] A portable casette or compact disk player, usually having an integrated radio receiver. It typically has two (stereophonic) speakers, and can be adjusted to play at a high sound intensity, from which the name comes.
Syn. -- boom box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to form into a ghetto; to isolate (people) as though into a ghetto. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett. ] (Min.) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It., dim. of largo largo. ] (Mus.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F. ] Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Planchet. ] 1. A circumferentor. See Circumferentor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. vachette cowhide leather used for ligatures. ] (Veter.) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tippler; one who drinks whets. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The vertebrae of the back. [ Prov. Eng. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]