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A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affright us." Shak.

In the act of brooding. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.

Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

f the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

n; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors. His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.

viner; a prophet. Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden.

Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] "Augurous hearts." Chapman.

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch. G. Francis.

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It…

Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.

as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.

Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

To know; to understand. [Obs.] I can rimes of Rodin Hood. Piers Plowman. I can no Latin, quod she. Piers Plowman. Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. Shak.

A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.