Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'MIS-SURE
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COM'MIS-SURE, n. [L. commissura, from committo, commissus; literally, a sending or thrusting together.]
- A joint, seam or closure; the place where two bodies or parts of a body meet and unite; an interstice or cleft between particles or parts, as between plates or lamellæ.
- In architecture, the joint of two stones, or application of the surface of one to that of another. – Encyc.
- In anatomy, a suture of the cranium or skull; articulation; the corners of the lips. Also, certain parts in the ventricles of the brain, uniting the two hemispheres. – Coxe.
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