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One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Gwilt.

Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. Parkhurst.

To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]

aracter, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or Accent, n., 2.

s, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.

To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham. To clack wool, to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]

a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimæra.

Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. Pope.

andria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

A double bar marking the end. At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. Dryden.

and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.

A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.

Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark. Cloudy and confused notions of things. Watts.

asp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at. Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.

To mark or delineate with charcoal. Camden.