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ocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. Methane series (Chem.), a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane,…

To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.

Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

An inaccurate recital.

Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.

To relate inaccurately.

A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

ico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.

To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied. Milton.

Apprehending slight diffferences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." Coleridge.

Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.

Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.

The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy. "Obduracy and persistency." Shak. The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. South.

Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. Milton.

octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage. Octahedral borax (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or prismatic borax. -- Octahedral iron ore (Min.), magnetite.

Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.

h it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.

, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss. -- Peat moss. (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat.

An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.