(n.) The womb.
(n.) Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything
(n.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it
shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.
(n.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or
crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.
(n.) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and
yellow, of which all the rest are composed.
(n.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable,
situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.
(n.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns.
The symbols may express quantities or operations.
