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A salt of oxamic acid.

as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide with ammonia.

A salt of oxanilic acid.

A salt of oxonic acid.

genous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related.

ting, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.

A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime.

A salt of an oxyacid, as a sulphate.

known. -- Oyster crab (Zoöl.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster. -- Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea. -- Oyster fish. (Zoöl.) (a) The tautog. (b) The toadfish. -- Oyster plant. (Bot.) (a) A plant of…

(Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]

A salt of palmitic acid.

A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. Flash in the pan. See under Flash. -- To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.

A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.

d watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.

Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.

A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.

Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss." Shak.

Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. Shak.

Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.