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A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.

Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong- scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many…

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

A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines.

One who takes out a life assurance policy.

To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak.

A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.

A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

o send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze. And far and wide the icy summit blazed. Wordsworth.

pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.

the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore. Milton.

The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.

r pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

r Cascarila) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.…

select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.