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ulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. Spenser.

ral East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

na. Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal. -- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named T…

To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume. Bacon.

Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an alleviative by asthmatics.

izes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

y aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.

om the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

ops of gold. Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. Evelyn.

ic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric acid.

hich can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is B. fumans.

A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.

Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. Tennison. The breath of flowers. Bacon.

To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

ternal genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.