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er consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.

A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly. [Obs.] When I am exellent at caudles And cullises . . . you shall be welcome to me. Beau. & Fl.

A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous, a.

A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.

Gel"a*tine (, n. Etym: [F. gélatine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal.] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on th…

To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly.

The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly.

To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.

Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser.

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. -- Fish glue, a st…

A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.

like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.

arts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert. -- Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. Brande & C.-- Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution…

Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed medusæ.

ica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.

kalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne.

s of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue.

of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters. Jujube paste, the dried or inspissated jelly of the jujube; also, a confection made of gum arabic sweetened.