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organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.

ts seeds. -- Gold shell. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also gold paint. (b) (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell (Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia. -- Gold size, a composition…

See Gumbo.

ing with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.

Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.

A plant that exudes gum or resin.

Yielding gum or resinous substances.

A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection. We will handle what persons are apt to envy others. Bacon. To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]

Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [Collog., U.S.]

A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.…

Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect. Mrs. Gore.

fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan. -- Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea). -- Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

At this point of time, or of an argument; now. The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. Warren.

on, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

ch anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.