Vocabulary : Fasces to Fascicled
Fasces : A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.
Fascet : 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.
Fascia : A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A broad well-defined band of color.
Fasciae : of Fascia
Fascial : Pertaining to the fasces. ;; Relating to a fascia.
Fasciate : Alt. of Fasciated
Fasciated : Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage. ;; Banded or compacted together. ;; Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb. ;; Broadly banded with color.
Fasciation : The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.
Fascicle : A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots. ;; One of the divisions of a book published in parts; fasciculus.
Fascicled : 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.
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