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LYMPH

Volume 12 · 65 words · 1815 Edition

a fine colourless fluid, separated in the body from the mass of blood, and contained in peculiar vessels called lymphatic. See Anatomy.

LYMPHÆA, were artificial caves or grottos amongst the Romans, furnished with a great many tubes, canals, and various hydraulic apparatus, through which the water gushed out upon the spectators unexpectedly whilst they were admiring the beautiful arrangement of the shell-work in the grotto.