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Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.

Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

iops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.…

trical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.

mine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. "Hidden frauds [to] explore." Dryden.

; as, exposure to observation, to cold to inconvenience. When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure. Shak.

The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.

A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.

ypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak.

Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer.

ce; a failing; a defect; a blemish. As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault. Shak.

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.

A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.] To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer.

Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert.

One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain.

Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. Stars, hide your fires.Shak. As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires.Milton.

To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

ounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. -- Fog bank, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. -- Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, -- often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.