Word Finder - ligatures

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The act of tying or binding something.

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A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.

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A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.

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The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.

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the ligature of a joint

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A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.

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A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.

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A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.

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A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.

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Impotence caused by magic or charms.

The stock is headed off by an oblique transverse cut as shown at a, a slice is then pared off the side as at b, and on the face of this a tongue or notch is made, the cut being in a downward direction; the scion c is pared off in a similar way by a single clean sharp cut, and this is notched or tongued in the opposite direction as the figure indicates; the two are then fitted together as shown at d, so that the inner bark of each may come in contact at least on one side, and then tied round with damp soft bast as at e; next some grafting clay is taken on the forefinger and pushed down on each side so as to fill out the space between the top of the stock and the graft, and a portion is also rubbed over the ligatures on the side where the graft is placed, a handful of the clay is then taken, flattened out, and rolled closely round the whole point of junction, being finished off to a tapering form both above and below, as shown by the dotted line f.

By the help of these inscriptions it is possible to trace the development of the modern Arabic where so many of the forms of the letters have become similar that diacritic points are essential to distinguish them, the original causes of confusion being the continuous development of cursive writing and the adoption of ligatures.

Even tho they knew they were being watched the women still tried to tie ligatures around their necks.

I tend to only use ligatures for on screen use if I'm creating logotypes, or graphical headers or elements that require them.

In about a month or six weeks the ligatures may be removed or slit with the knife to allow for the swelling stem, when, if the operation has been successful, the bud will be fresh and full, and the shield firmly united to the wood.