Defn: The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
FIMBLE; FIMBLE HEMP
Fim"ble, n., or Fim"ble hemp`.Etym: [Corrupted from female hemp.]
Defn: Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.
FIMBRIA Fim"bri*a, n.; pl. Fimbriæ. Etym: [L., fringe. See Fringle.] (Anat.) (a) pl.
Defn: A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. — Fim"bri*al, a.
FIMBRIATE Fim*bri*ate, a. Etym: [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.]
Defn: Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.
FIMBRIATE
Fim"bri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fimbriating.]
Defn: To hem; to fringe. Fuller.
FIMBRIATED
Fim"bri*a`ted, a.