conoid
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From some experiments I made myself a score of years ago, I am inclined to prefer a plane surface for the conoid to work upon.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
The stolen object is a globe; the object presented in exchange is an elliptical conoid studded with angular projections along the edge of the base.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The fracture may take place through the attachment of the conoid and trapezoid ligaments, in which case the only symptoms are pain and tenderness at the seat of fracture, with impaired movement of the limb.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The only large building is the Jami or Cathedral, a long barn of poverty-stricken appearance, with broken-down gates, and two white-washed minarets of truncated conoid shape.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Apart from its pillars, the egg-pocket is an inverted conoid, reminding us of the work of the Silky Epeira.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
