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NERVE
1. One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibres, with the accompanying tissues, which transmitnervous impulses between nerve centers and different parts of the animal body.
An usualnerve is made up of different bundles of nerve fibres, everybundle inclosed in a particularsheath (the perineurium) and all bound together in a connectivetissuesheath and framework (the epineurium) containing blood vessels and lymphatics.
2. A sinew or a tendon.
3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular strength and control; constitutional vigor. "he led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of mortal arm." (Milton)
4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in private danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
5. Audacity; assurance.
6. One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
7. One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
Nerve cell, the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedyillness such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.
Origin: OE. Nerfe, F. Nerf, L. Nervus, akin to Gr. Sinew, nerve; cf. String, bowstring; perh. Akin to E. Needle. Cf. Neuralgia.
Source: Websters Vocabulary