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fit to be tied — adjective Very agitated or distressed; enraged. Some girls can set around until theyre blue moulded, and never a feller to ask em, and others the boysll fret and pleg until theyre fit to be tied, with nerves! …   Wiktionary

Cranial nerves — are nerves that emerge directly from the brain stem in contrast to spinal nerves which emerge from segments of the spinal cord. Although thirteen cranial nerves in humans fit this description, twelve are conventionally recognized. The nerves from …   Wikipedia

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nerve — /nɜv / (say nerv) noun 1. one or more bundles of fibres, forming part of a system which conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body. 2. Dentistry a. the nerve tissue in the pulp of a… …   Australian English dictionary

wobbly — /ˈwɒbli/ (say woblee) adjective 1. shaky; unsteady. –noun (plural wobblies) 2. Colloquial a fit of nerves or anxiety. –phrase Colloquial 3. throw (or chuck) a wobbly, to indulge in a ta …   Australian English dictionary

throw a wobbly —    / wobbler    When someone, usually a capricious person, throws a wobbly, they have a fit of nerves or bad temper and lose all self control.     He s very calm not the sort of man to throw a wobbly if he doesn t have a clean shirt! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

throw a wobbly/wobbler —    When someone, usually a capricious person, throws a wobbly, they have a fit of nerves or bad temper and lose all self control.     He s very calm not the sort of man to throw a wobbly if he doesn t have a clean shirt! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

wobbly — adj. (wobblier, wobbliest) 1 wobbling or tending to wobble. 2 wavy, undulating (a wobbly line). 3 unsteady; weak after illness (feeling wobbly). 4 wavering, vacillating, insecure (the economy was wobbly). Phrases and idioms: throw a wobbly sl.… …   Useful english dictionary

joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …   Universalium

nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …   Universalium

Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …   History of philosophy