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A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.

A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

occupied by the army as it moves forward. Farrow. -- To come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.

Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papillæ (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.

th yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined.

The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. -- Gang cask, a small cask…

The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the c…

An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.

y the solvent action of gastric juice. -- Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. -- Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted…

To measure or determine with a gauge.

A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water.

ance like jelly. Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids. Kirwan.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin.