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Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. "the solvent body." Boyle.

unds. Stannous chloride (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2, obtained by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. It is used as a mordant in dyeing.

entation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.

altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. Woodward.

se the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population. [The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone. Keble.

Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

o start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again. Pope.

, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also vitriol of zinc.

volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor. The water . . . dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it by the action. Sir I. Newton.