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of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).

A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).

To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." Court of Love.

principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. False galena. See Blende.

A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.

ng found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and galla…

To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. Denham.

An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh. Sir. W. Scott.

ral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common…

alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.

r derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.

, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which ommited the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called also Genevan Bible. -- Geneva convention (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at…

like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin.

A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.

hosphoric or acetic acids. Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. -- Glacial drift (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. -- Glacial epoch…

Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth. Bright, crystal glass is glary. Boyle.