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Astragal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In architecture, a little round molding which surrounds the top or bottom of a column, in the form of a ring; representing a ring or band of iron, to prevent the splitting of the column. it is often cut into beads or berries, and is used in ornamented entablatures to separate the several faces of the architrave.

2. In gunnery, a round molding on cannon near the mouth.

3. In anatomy, the buckle, ankle, or sling bone; the upper bone of the foot supporting the tibia.

4. In botany, the wood pea; the milk vetch; the liquorice vetch.

Astragal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

2. A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

Astragalar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Astragaloid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling the astragalus in form.

Astragalomancy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Divination by means of small bones or dice.

Astragalus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

2. A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

3. See Astragal, 1.