English Dictionary: glycerogelatin | by the DICT Development Group |
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Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.] 1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris}) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}. 2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak. 3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. --Dickens. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.] 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also {tortoise-shell tiger}. {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar. {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}. {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}. {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larv[91] are called {woolly bears}. {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}. {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also {tiger cowrie}. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na crocuta}). {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana. | |
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Water cock \Wa"ter cock`\ (Zo[94]l.) A large gallinule ({Gallicrex cristatus}) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also {kora}. | |
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Geologer \Ge*ol"o*ger\, Geologian \Ge`o*lo"gi*an\, n. A geologist. | |
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Glacier \Gla"cier\, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n[82]v[82]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see {Moraine}). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter. {Glacier theory} (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated. | |
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Glacier \Gla"cier\, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or n[82]v[82]; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see {Moraine}). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter. {Glacier theory} (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated. | |
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows. | |
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d8Phyllosoma \[d8]Phyl`lo*so"ma\, n. [NL. See {Phyllo-}, and {-some} body.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the spiny lobsters ({Palinurus} and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also {glass-crab}, and {glass-shrimp}. | |
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Glass-crab \Glass"-crab`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larval state ({Phyllosoma}) of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See {Phyllosoma}. | |
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d8Phyllosoma \[d8]Phyl`lo*so"ma\, n. [NL. See {Phyllo-}, and {-some} body.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the spiny lobsters ({Palinurus} and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also {glass-crab}, and {glass-shrimp}. | |
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Glass-crab \Glass"-crab`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larval state ({Phyllosoma}) of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See {Phyllosoma}. | |
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Glass-rope \Glass"-rope`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus {Hyalonema}, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. | |
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d8Hyalonema \[d8]Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] glass + [?] a thread.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species ({H. Sieboldii}), called {glass-rope}, has long been in use as an ornament. See {Glass-rope}. | |
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Glass-rope \Glass"-rope`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus {Hyalonema}, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. | |
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d8Hyalonema \[d8]Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] glass + [?] a thread.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species ({H. Sieboldii}), called {glass-rope}, has long been in use as an ornament. See {Glass-rope}. | |
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d8Phyllosoma \[d8]Phyl`lo*so"ma\, n. [NL. See {Phyllo-}, and {-some} body.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the spiny lobsters ({Palinurus} and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also {glass-crab}, and {glass-shrimp}. | |
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Glassware \Glass"ware\, n. Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass. | |
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Glasswork \Glass"work`\, n. Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass. | |
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Glasswort \Glass"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family ({Salicornia herbacea}), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family ({Salsola Kali}), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. | |
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Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. [82]meri, earlier [82]meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. [?], [?], [?], cf. [?] to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under {Corundum}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} [or] {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. {Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}. | |
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Glazer \Glaz"er\, n. 1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like. 2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc. | |
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Emery \Em"er*y\, n. [F. [82]meri, earlier [82]meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. [?], [?], [?], cf. [?] to wipe; perh. akin to E. smear. Cf. {Emeril}.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under {Corundum}. {Emery board}, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. {Emery cloth} [or] {paper}, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. {Emery wheel}, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a {buff wheel}, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a {glazer}. | |
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Glazer \Glaz"er\, n. 1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like. 2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc. | |
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Glazier \Gla"zier\, n. [From {Glaze}.] One whose business is to set glass. {Glazier's diamond}. See under {Diamond}. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Glazier \Gla"zier\, n. [From {Glaze}.] One whose business is to set glass. {Glazier's diamond}. See under {Diamond}. | |
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Gloser \Glos"er\, n. See {Glosser}. | |
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Glossarial \Glos*sa"ri*al\, a. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary. | |
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Glossarially \Glos*sa"ri*al*ly\, adv. In the manner of a glossary. | |
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Glossarist \Glos"sa*rist\, n. A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. --Tyrwhitt. | |
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Glossary \Glos"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Gossaries}. [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d {Gloss}.] A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words. | |
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Glosser \Gloss"er\, n. [See lst {Gloss}.] A polisher; one who gives a luster. | |
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Glosser \Gloss"er\, n. [See 3d {Gloss}.] A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. --L. Addison. | |
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Glossy \Gloss"y\, a. [Compar. {Glossier}; superl. {Glossiest}.] [See {Gloss} luster.] 1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit. | |
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Glozer \Gloz"er\, n. A flatterer. [Obs.] --Gifford (1580). | |
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Glycerate \Glyc"er*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid. | |
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites communis}). 2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. --Milton. 3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior. 4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. 6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See {Batten}. 7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. 8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}. {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus. {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall grass found in wet places. {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}. {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}. (b) Reedling. {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris arundinacea}). {Reed grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1. (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under {Bur}. {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above. {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus}); -- called also {reed wren}. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe}, and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers. {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna arundinacea}), common in moist woods. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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{Quaking bog}, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. {Quaking grass}. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus {Briza}, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. {Briza maxima} is the large quaking grass; {B. media} and {B. minor} are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}). | |
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{Ground rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona, [or] Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. {Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern ({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. {Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass ({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}. {Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}. {Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and {P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the earth}, and {white lettuce}. {Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[91]folium}) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa}). {Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus {Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}. | |
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Manna \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. m[be]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora}, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna}, that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of eucalyptus; {Brian[87]on manna}, that of the European larch. {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G. flu}. {Manna insect} (Zo[94]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia. | |
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Glyceric \Gly*cer"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. {Glyceric acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties. | |
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Glyceric \Gly*cer"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. {Glyceric acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties. | |
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Glyceride \Glyc"er*ide\, n. [See {Glycerin}.] (Chem.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially. | |
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Glycerin \Glyc"er*in\, Glycerine \Glyc"er*ine\, n. [F. glyc[82]rine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. {Glucose}, {Licorice}.] (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, {C3H5(OH)3}, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called {glycerol}. See Note under {Gelatin}. Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc. | |
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2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings. It puts the soul to fermentation and activity. --Jer. Taylor. A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. --C. Kingsley. {Acetous, [or] Acetic}, {fermentation}, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process. 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Note: Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde. 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Note: Aldehyde. Acetic acid. {Alcoholic fermentation}, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torul[91] develop. {Ammoniacal fermentation}, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Note: Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Note: Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. {Butyric fermentation}, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See {Lactic fermentation}. {Fermentation by an} {unorganized ferment [or] enzyme}. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. {Fermentation theory of disease} (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See {Germ theory}. {Glycerin fermentation}, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium ({Bacillus subtilis}) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. {Lactic fermentation}, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium ({Bacterium lactis} of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Note: Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. Note: In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). {Putrefactive fermentation}. See {Putrefaction}. | |
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Nitroglycerin \Ni`tro*glyc"er*in\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called {glycerin nitrate}. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of {glonion}. [Written also {nitroglycerine}.] Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glycerin \Glyc"er*in\, Glycerine \Glyc"er*ine\, n. [F. glyc[82]rine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. {Glucose}, {Licorice}.] (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, {C3H5(OH)3}, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called {glycerol}. See Note under {Gelatin}. Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc. | |
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Glycerite \Glyc"er*ite\, n. (Med.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin. | |
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Glycerin \Glyc"er*in\, Glycerine \Glyc"er*ine\, n. [F. glyc[82]rine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. {Glucose}, {Licorice}.] (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, {C3H5(OH)3}, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called {glycerol}. See Note under {Gelatin}. Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc. | |
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Glycerol \Glyc"er*ol\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Glycerin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glycerin \Glyc"er*in\, Glycerine \Glyc"er*ine\, n. [F. glyc[82]rine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. {Glucose}, {Licorice}.] (Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, {C3H5(OH)3}, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called {glycerol}. See Note under {Gelatin}. Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc. | |
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Glycerol \Glyc"er*ol\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Glycerin}. | |
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Glyceryl \Glyc"er*yl\, n. [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C3H5}, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also {propenyl}. | |
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Palmitin \Pal"mi*tin\, n. [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called {tripalmitin}, or {glyceryl tripalmitate}. | |
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Licorice \Lic"o*rice\ (l[icr]k"[osl]*r[icr]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Glycyrrhiza} ({G. glabra}), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. 2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. {Licorice fern} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. {Licorice sugar}. (Chem.) See {Glycyrrhizin}. {Licorice weed} (Bot.), the tropical plant {Scapania dulcis}. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium alpinum}), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb {Glycyrrhiza lepidota}. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers ({Galium circ[91]zans} and {G. lanceolatum}). (c) The leguminous climber {Abrus precatorius}, whose scarlet and black seeds are called {black-eyed Susans}. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice ({Glycyrrhiza glabra}). | |
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d8Glycyrrhiza \[d8]Glyc`yr*rhi"za\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] sweet + [?] root. Cf. {Licorice}.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which ({G. glabra}), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste. 2. (Med.) The root of {Glycyrrhiza glabra} (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc. | |
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Licorice \Lic"o*rice\ (l[icr]k"[osl]*r[icr]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Glycyrrhiza} ({G. glabra}), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. 2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. {Licorice fern} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. {Licorice sugar}. (Chem.) See {Glycyrrhizin}. {Licorice weed} (Bot.), the tropical plant {Scapania dulcis}. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium alpinum}), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb {Glycyrrhiza lepidota}. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers ({Galium circ[91]zans} and {G. lanceolatum}). (c) The leguminous climber {Abrus precatorius}, whose scarlet and black seeds are called {black-eyed Susans}. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice ({Glycyrrhiza glabra}). | |
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Glycyrrhizimic \Glyc`yr*rhi*zim"ic\, a. (Chem.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid. | |
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Glycyrrhizin \Gly*cyr"rhi*zin\, n. [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See {Glycyrrhiza}.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in licorice root ({Glycyrrhiza}), in monesia bark ({Chrysophyllum}), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste. | |
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Crease \Crease\, n. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; -- called also {goal crease}. | |
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