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A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid.

Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.

The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin. James White.

ss spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless. -- White blood corpuscles (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, a…

to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.

A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.

A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.

run and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.

; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.

f a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically.

(formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla- like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

ream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. -- Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. -- Cream ga…

White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. [Written also kreatine.]

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]

The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

ana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.