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The state of being dusty.

A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, f…

A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

State or quality of being fatty.

Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.

Quality of being fidgety.

The state or quality of being flighty. The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.

The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau. & Fl.

Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins.

Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]

State or quality of being frosty.

A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.

A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.

, Gel"a*tine (, n. Etym: [F. gélatine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal.] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on t…

Same as Gelatin.