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Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.

to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery.

Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.

placed by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.

dly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.

or combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.] The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone.

A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.

To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]

One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. [Colloq.] The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. Dickens.

A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.

A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.

edit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.

Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]

at once to four different atoms or radicals. This condition usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant action on polarized light.

ll be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. Pope. He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott. Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. Landor.

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.