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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.) A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alt \Alt\, a. & n. [See {Alto}.] (Mus.) The higher part of the scale. See {Alto}. {To be in alt}, to be in an exalted state of mind. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[icr]k"[etil]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See {Liquid}, and cf. {Liqueur}.] 1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[91] or waters. --U. S. Disp. {Labarraque's liquor} (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. {Liquor of flints}, [or] {Liquor silicum} (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}. {Liquor of Libavius}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius}, under {Fuming}. {Liquor sanguinis} (s[acr]n"gw[icr]n*[icr]s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. {Liquor thief}, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. {To be in liquor}, to be intoxicated. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl[81]ck, Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to entice. Cf. 3d {Gleck}.] That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. --Shak. {Luck penny}, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. [Prov. Eng.] {To be in luck}, to receive some good, or to meet with some success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typhomalarial \Ty`pho*ma*la"ri*al\, a. (Med.) Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever. |