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See Loch, a medicine.

The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus).

A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.

See Mohawk.

See Maholi.

An inspissated juice. See Rob.

Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo. Shak.

The sailfish.

or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and Spanish America.]

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Shortened forms of Alcoholate.

See Alcoholometry.

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.

soda, potash, ammoma, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. -- Vegetable a…

ation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.