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noun
Ligature  n.  
1.
The act of binding.
2.
Anything that binds; a band or bandage.
3.
(Surg.)
(a)
A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.
(b)
A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.
4.
The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.
5.
Impotence caused by magic or charms. (Obs.)
6.
(Mus.) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
7.
(Print.) A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united.


verb
Ligature  v. t.  (Surg.) To ligate; to tie.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Ligature" Quotes from Famous Books



... letters "oe" for the ligature, used often in the word phoebe. Simularly the "e" in the golden eagle's ...
— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs
... condition; it is difficult to describe it faithfully. Many of them seemed happy and contented to be home again, and forgot past pains in present joy. As I turned away from the carriage window I heard a confused drone of conversation, in which such terms as "ligature," "suppuration," "cavity of the hear'ole," "styptic," and "prelatic" were prominent. The last thing I heard was—"He hadn't got no fraxur at all, leastways only a simple un. Mine was a compound fraxur." One can understand these things. But what ...
— The Relief of Mafeking • Filson Young
... surrounded by underscores. 2. Printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage ...
— Nirvana Days • Cale Young Rice
... Newfoundland dominates the Gulf, and none of us can afford to be separated from her. Lord Chatham said he would as soon abandon Plymouth as Newfoundland to a foreign power, and he is thought to have understood how to govern men. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are Siamese twins, held together by that ligature of land between Baie Verte and Cumberland Basin, and the fate of the one must follow the fate of the other. Prince Edward Island is only a little bit broken off by the Northumberland Strait from those two bigger brethren, and Upper ...
— Canada and the States • Edward William Watkin
... obsolete spellings remain as printed. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst more significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text. The oe ligature is shown as [oe]. ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


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