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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.

To jelly. [Colloq.]

Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.

To make, or to become, gelatinous; to jelly. -- Jel`li*fi*ca"tion (#), n.

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.

and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same…

A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce, sweet jelly with whole fruit, etc. Also, fig., a medley.

The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.