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An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.]

derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.

A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.

A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

A salt of santoninic acid.

Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.

A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

gin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.

Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison.

The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. Addison. Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. Knight.…

Fishing with a seine.

Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chi…

The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. "Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales." Milton.

Brightness. J. Spence.

The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- Sick"en*ing*ly, adv.