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Phalanx

Phalanx (phalanx)
n.(?)
Pha"lanx
; pl. Phalanxes (#
  1. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
    "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton.

    The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope.

  2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

    At present they formed a united phalanx. Macaulay.

    The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed,
    All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed.
    Cowper.

  3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
  4. One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
  5. A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.













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