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An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

The quality or condition of being refractory.

Chrysophanic acid.

Dew from the sea; sea dew. [Obs.] That purer brine And wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson.

r pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire. Addison.

The quality or state of being sanguinary.

sembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. "Sapphirine degree of hardness." Boyle.

The quality of being savory.

Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family. -- n.

Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.

A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. [Obs.] But laid them up in immortial scrine. Spenser.

The state of being secondary. Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.

Quality of being sedentary.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.

Quality of being showery.

Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. Byron.

The state of being silvery.

The quality of being slippery.