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a. [ L. membranaceus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See Member. ] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventitious membrane, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. --
Jacob's membrane. See under Retina. --
Mucous membranes (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. --
Schneiderian membrane. (Anat.) See Schneiderian. --
Serous membranes (Anat.) , the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membraneus of parchment. ] See Membranous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -ferous. ] Having or producing membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -form: cf. F. membraniforme. ] Having the form of a membrane or of parchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Membrane + -logy. ] The science which treats of membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. membraneux. ] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist. ] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. remembrance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. [ 1913 Webster ]

And on his breast a bloody cross he bore,
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni&unr_;&unr_;on; instruction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thee I have heard relating what was done
Ere my remembrance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. “The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]