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A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

Same as Esculin.

Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.

A path through the air made easy for aërial navigation by steady winds.

A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] "Slight airlings." B. Jonson.

Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.

See Allineation.

Same as Alignment.

One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating al…

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.

To align. [R.] Herschel.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

With an ambling gait.

A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton.

Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.