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meniscus

 (n): (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
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4 months ago chained_bear said:

"'Let us wait for the rain: have you looked at the glass?'

'I have not.'

'It began dropping in the first dog {watch}. It has already reached twenty-nine inches and it is still falling: look at the meniscus.'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 104

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