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n. A portion of the amnion, especially when it covers the head of a fetus at birth. Also called pileus.

n. See greater omentum.

n. The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.

n. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.

n. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.

n. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil.

n. In the middle ages, and down to the seventeenth century

n. A net for confining the hair, worn by women.

n. More rarely, a head-dress like a flat turban.

n. Any kind of small net; a net.

n. A popular name for a membrane investing the viscera, such as the peritoneum or part of it, or the pericardium.

n. A portion of the amnion or membrane enveloping the fetus, which sometimes encompasses the head of a child when born.

n. A form used in gluing veneers to curved surfaces. It is shaped to the exact curve or form of the piece to be veneered, and is clamped against the veneer until the glue has set.

n. A stalk; stem.

n. A cabbage.

n. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

n. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

"You must know, Madam, that some people are born with a membrane over the face, which is termed a caul, and there has been a vulgar error that such people can never be drowned, especially if they wear this caul about their person in after-life."

fetal membrane    omentum   

omentum    veil   

Amal    Ball    Bhopal    Chagall    Coll    Dahl    Doll    Fall    Gaul    Hall   

phimosis    biretta    peritonitis    mesentery    under-garment    omentum    pancreas