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A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum.

A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor), noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey.

Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. [Obs.]

Holland gin. [U.S.]

A salt of sinapic acid.

Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.

h sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.

A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.

A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin. [Obs.]

A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.

Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.

A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. Prior.

Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached. [Obs.]

A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.

One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

a. & n. from Snap, v. Snapping beetle. (Zoöl.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. -- Snapping turtle. (Zoöl.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See…

Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.