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Index — Chapter Words Relating to Space (Part 11 of 16)

    Net, knot, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, hank, felt, lace, tulle, wicker, mat, trellis, lattice, grille, cancelli, grid, griddle, grating, gridiron, tracery, fret-work, filigree, reticle, diaper.

    Cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's-cradle, dovetail, Greek cross, Latin cross, Maltese cross, cross of St. Anthony, St. Andrew's cross, swastika, fylfot.

    (Verbs). To cross, lace, intersect, decussate, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, entwine, enlace, enmesh, weave, interweave, in-weave, twine, twist, wreathe, interdigitate, interlock, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail 43.

    To mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot 43, dishevel, raddle.

    (Adjectives). Crossing, intersecting, etc., crossed, intersected, matted, etc., crucial, cruciform.

    Retiform, reticulate, areolar, areolate, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, traceried.

    (Adverbs). Across, thwart, athwart, transversely, crosswise.

3°. Centrical Dimensions2

I. General

  • Exteriority (Substantives), externality, outness, the outside, the exterior, surface, superficies, superstratum, eccentricity, extremity, frontage.
  • Disk, face, facet, front 234, skin, etc. 222.

    (Verbs). To be exterior, etc.

    To place exteriorly, or outwardly, to turn out.

    (Adjectives). Exterior, external, outer, outward, outlying, outdoor, outside, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, eccentric, extrinsic.

    (Adverbs). Externally, etc., out, without, outwards, cutdoors.

    (Phrases). Out of doors; extra muros; ab extra; in the open air; sub Jove; à la belle étoile; al fresco.

  • Interiority (Substantives), the inside, interior, hinterland, interspace, substratum, subsoil.
  • Vitals, viscera, pith, marrow, heart, bosom, breast, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, inwards, womb, lap, backbone, penetralia, inmost recesses, cave, cavern, etc. 191.

    (Verbs). To be interior, internal, within, etc.

    To place or keep within, to enclose, circumscribe, see 231, 232.

    (Adjectives). Interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, inlying, inmost, innermost, deep-seated, intestine, intestinal, intercostal, inland, interstitial, subcutaneous; up country.

    Home, domestic, indoor.

    (Adverbs). Internally, inwards, inwardly, within, inly, therein, ab intra, withinside, indoors, within doors, at home, chez soi.

  • Covering (Substantives), cover, roof, canopy, baldachin, awning, tarpaulin, tilt, tent 189, lid, hatch, operculum 263, shed.