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The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.

to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. --Can"ne*lured (#), a.

A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, espec…

a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.

Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substance…

ced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hance called after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephilic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more…

To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

nic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.

The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

s the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.

A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.