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To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.

The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.

rm, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.…

Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.] The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer.

The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na used as a developer.

A salt of elaidic acid.

Relating to oleic acid, or elaine. Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.

Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid. [R.]

isting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. -- Gum elastic, caoutchouc.

elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine.

Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries, as the Grenet battery. Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water, with a solution of six pounds of potassium bichromate in two gallons of boiling water. It should be…

to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.

Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.

laces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectiv…