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Toward the right side; dextrally.

Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.

The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne.

(adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used.

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

ually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color.

An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.

An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak.

of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-Fé. -- Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. -- Act of grace, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon o…

A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

yn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

To keep in extraction; to beguile; to delude. He amused his followers with idle promises. Johnson.