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specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.

A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]

Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. Boyle.

Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health. If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted Matt. v. 13.

A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.

A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

g. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75. Magnesium sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts.

A salt of malamic acid.

A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.

or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.

A salt of malic acid.

A salt of maleic acid.

At salt of malonic acid.

A salt of mandelic acid.

A salt of manganic acid.

A salt of mannitic acid.

omach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.

To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.