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a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.

To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

from Swingle, v. t. Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.

A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). Dr. Prior. Tang sparrow (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.

Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

ckish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.

See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer.

Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.

Discourse on a certain subject. Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. Piers Plowman. It was the subject of my theme. Shak.

A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.

A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.

Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.

Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.

Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.

A kind of coarse, obdurate land. Loudon.

ly refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin. -- Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. -- Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain. -- Salt of tin (Dyeing), stann…

A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.