*hage*

n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Denmark. Population (2000) = 1, 339, 395. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Copenhagen, Denmark. ] 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) See Cowhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hind. kawānch, koānch. ] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [ Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus. [ Written also œsophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hémorragie, hémorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr.&unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large phagocyte. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n., a., etc. Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. phagedaena, Gr. fage`daina, fr. fagei^n to eat. ] (Med.) (a) A canine appetite; bulimia. [ Obs. ] (b) Spreading, obstinate ulceration. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. phagedaenicus, Gr. fagedainiko`s: cf. F. phagédénique. ] (Med.) Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. -- n. A phagedenic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Phagedenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Pauhaugen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sackbut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Situated beneath the esophagus. [ Written also suboesophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Subesophageal ganglion (Zool.), a large special ganglion situated beneath the esophagus of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot. & Zool.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [ Written also supra-oesophagal, and supra-oesophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]