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y the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.

ch are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion.

l imp her crippled wing. Holmes. Help, ye tart satirists, to imp my rage With all the scorpions that should whip this age. Cleveland.

Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be your knight." Tennyson. Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms. Shak.

aining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.

Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl- propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose). [Written also lævulinic.]

. Malacca cane (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.

A whip scorpion. [Florida]

The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or gre…

The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).

A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.

nd pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.

perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also pæony, and piony.]

zard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten. (Zoöl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. -- Pine moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of sm…

acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.C3H2O2, CH.C.COOH

rine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.