in Anatomy, a name sometimes given to two glands, generally called the tonsils.

among lapidaries, signify pieces of rock-crystal, used in adorning branch-candlesticks, &c., on account of the resemblance they bear to the fruit of that name. ALMOND Furnace, among refiners, that in which the slags of litharge, left in refining silver, are reduced to lead again by the help of charcoal.