Defn: The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
6. (Metal.)
Defn: A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal. Ure.
7. (Arch.)
Defn: A pattern or design representing a maze, — often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.
Syn. — Maze; confusion; intricacy; windings. — Labyrinth, Maze. Labyrinth, originally; the name of an edifice or excavation, carries the idea of design, and construction in a permanent form, while maze is used of anything confused or confusing, whether fixed or shifting. Maze is less restricted in its figurative uses than labyrinth. We speak of the labyrinth of the ear, or of the mind, and of a labyrinth of difficulties; but of the mazes of the dance, the mazes of political intrigue, or of the mind being in a maze.
LABYRINTHAL
Lab`y*rin"thal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.
LABYRINTHIAN
Lab`y*rin"thi*an (, a.
Defn: Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.