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he love and duty I long have ought you. Spelman. [He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. Shak.

A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437

put his money out at interest. "Land that is out at rack rent." Locke. "He was out fifty pounds." Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. Shak.

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

ction of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.

) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-called lactam compound.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.

A compound containing oxygen.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.

Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.

A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

haic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]

A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.

One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.

d upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas a…

Formed from a compound word. "Parasynthetic derivatives." Dr. Murray.

ished in 1883. The present rates, dating from 1897, are 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parcel post was established in the United States by Act of August 24, 1912, which took effect Jan. 1, 1913. Parcels must not exceed 11 pounds in weigh…

A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.