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6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy- coumarin.

2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.

The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation. Rush.

ting, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string. As a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow.

Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.

Cavilous litigation; cavillation. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric. [Colloq.] Blue vitriol. See under Blue. -- Green vitriol, ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under Green. -- Oil of vitriol, sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so…

A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. B. Edwards.

ther uses. Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid. -- Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa) of early spring; -- also called w…