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ble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

Exceptional. [R.] It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. I. Taylor.

A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

e correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

Combined with acetic acid.

Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

To convert into acid or vinegar.

An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C.

ed by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.