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chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. -- Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called…

Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. A"gu*ish*ness, n.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.

A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

agulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat. -- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Producing albumin.

of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

Producing cold.

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

humus, forming a dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.

inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.