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ondensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthaleïn. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent. Phenol phthalein, a white or yellowish white crystalline substance made from phthalic acid and phenol. Its solution in alkalies is brilliant red, but is decolorized by acids, and a…

The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balæna mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained.

A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a bean." Chapman.

Same as Cingalese.

A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in th…

Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).

A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.

To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.] I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.

ecially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.

A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.

A man employed in the whale fishery.

A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

ollowed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions." Sir M. Hale.

Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.

to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." Sir M. Hale. The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon.

To tie; to unite by some tie. Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale.