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n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Fasciæ [ L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess. ] 1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A broad well-defined band of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the fasces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Relating to a fascia.

{ } a. [ L. fasciatus, p. p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr. fascia band. See Fasces. ] 1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) Banded or compacted together. (b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Broadly banded with color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces. ] 1. A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root. [ 1913 Webster ]