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ily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.

vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaïnes, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

garded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline. [Written also chinaldine.]

crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also chinidine.]

ment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. [Written also chinoidine.]

ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness. They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.

Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.

A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type.

The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.

The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.

ich are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.

The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.

The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] G. Eliot. What is called seedness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged. J. S. Blackie.

, n. Quality or state of being shady.

Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.

An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

See Damper, and 5th Mute.

The quality or state of being speedy.

The quality or state of being steady. Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage. L'Estrange.