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To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot.

Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. "With anxious, acidulent face." Carlyle.

Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. E. Burke. Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride.

pecies, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the…

Related by marriage; from the same source.

Sour. [Obs.] Shak.

Sour ale; vinegar made of ale. Cecil.

From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.

Of extent of means or resources. "Amplitude of reward." Bacon.

ough-exciting odor and burning taste, the chief constituent of fusel oil. It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate, amyl nitrite, etc.

The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop.

Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

ling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is the principal source of anthracene.

To refer something to its cause or source; as, to attribute a backward spring to icebergs off the coast. Ascribe is used equally in both these senses, but involves a different image. To impute usually denotes to ascribe something doubtful or wrong, and hence, in general literature, has commonly a bad sense; as, to impu…

Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.

The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.