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A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.

A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.

A soldier armed with a carbine.

Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

nds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

A hydrocarbon.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.

To apply carbonic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.

is it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite. Carbon compoun…

bichromatized gelatin. Paper coated with a mixture of the gelatin and a pigment is called carbon paper or carbon tissue. This is exposed under a negative and the film is transferred from the paper to some other support and developed by washing (the unexposed portions being dissolved away). If the process stops here it…

Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel.

A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used.

Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

oss for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.] A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed. Bean. & Fl.

The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.