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A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.

A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites. Dunglison.

e eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent color or their relative whiteness.

White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.

A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.

A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.

the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.] A lick of court white wash. Gray.

he lie. (b) To reveal to be false; as, a man's actions may give the lie to his words. -- White lie, a euphemism for such lies as one finds it convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.

A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.

Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon.

A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.

ersian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.

lian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.

atus. -- Atamasco lily (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zephyranthes (Z. Atamasco), having a white and pink funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those of a lily. Gray. -- Blackberry lily (Bot.), the Pardanthus Chinensis, the black seeds of which form a dense like a blackberry. -- Bourbon lily (B…

Having white, delicate hands.

White-livered; cowardly.

Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.CaO…

A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.

Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.