 | John Walker - 1827 - 864 pages
...thing engraved. To INSEAM, in-seme¡ va To impress or mark by a seam or cicatrix. INSECT, in-sekt, S, Insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts, which are joined together ly a small ligature, as we see in wasps and common flies... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 422 pages
...before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were, cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature ; as we see in wasps,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 432 pages
...before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were, cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature ; as we see in wasps,... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...away. ENTOMOLOGY. Old Man. Insects, (from in^ectus, cut or notched, Latin) as Dr. Johnson informs us, are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut in two parts, joined by a small ligature, as in the common fly. The history and description of insects... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...authority among entomologists. Insects (from insectus, cut or notched, Lat.), as Dr. Johnson informs us, are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts, joined by a small ligature, as in the common fly. The history and description of insects... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...ZOOLOGY — INSECTS. ZOOLOGY. INSECTS. GENERAL ECONOMY. Why are insects so catted"l Because they have a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut (insectus, cut or notched. Lot.) into two parts, joined by a small ligature, as in the common house-fly.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...ZOOLOGY — INSECTS. ZOOLOGY. INSECTS. GENERAL ECONOMY. Why are insects so called? Because they have a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut (insectus, cut or notched, Lot.) into two parts, joined by a small ligature, as in the common house-fly.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...small-pox, by infusion of the matter from ripened pustules into the veins of the uninfected. INSECT, s. Insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps and common flies.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1834 - 682 pages
...thing engraved. To INSKAM, in-st-me,' ra To impress or mark by a seam or cicotrix. INSECT, fn^sekt, s. Insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parta, which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in waaps and common flics... | |
 | John Stephenson (author of Sacred history.) - 1836 - 116 pages
...line, real or imaginary, that passes through any thing, on which it may revolve. Insects, In'-sekts : insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps and common flies.... | |
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Insects, which in their several changes belong to several of the before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were,... 
