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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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EUPATORIN; EUPATORINE n.

A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

EXEMPLARINESS n.

The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

EXPLANATORINESS n.

The quality of being explanatory.

EXTEMPORINESS n.

The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.

EXTRA-UTERINE a.

Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.

EXTRAORDINARINESS n.

The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.

FEATHERINESS n.

The state or condition of being feathery.

FERINE a. 2 definitions

Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. Sir M. Hale. -- n.

Belonging to the fibers of plants.

The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. Addison.

A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.

The state of being flowery.

FLUOCERINE; FLUOCERITE n.

A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.

A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepar…

FLUVIO-MARINE a.

Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.

FRAGMENTARINESS n.

The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.

An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.

GLARINESS; GLARINGNESS n.

A dazzling luster or brilliancy.

GLYCERIN; GLYCERINE n.

An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.…