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A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

series (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. -- Natural fats (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natura…

A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond.

ng, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. -- Fiber plants (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts,…

ich exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.

be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid. -- Fire balloon. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. Simmonds.…

e of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.

A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.

necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

h a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.

rods at a distance. Raymond. -- Flat rope, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit.

Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. Quincy.

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:

separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.

The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity. It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. J. R. Green.

A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepar…

See Forewaste. Gascoigne.