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A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

A preparation. [R.] Donne.

A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.

of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.

A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.

A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.

A flourlike food preparation made from skim milk, and consisting essentially of the unaltered proteid of milk. It is also used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.…

Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.

To hasten without preparation. [R.]

That which is done in the way of preparation. "Necessary preparatives for our voyage." Dryden.

By way of preparation.

Preparation. [Obs.] Shak.

That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.

To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.

Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation. Providence for war is the best prevention of it. Bacon.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak.

The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser.

A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.

flames carmine and give a characteristic spectrum. It resembles barium chemically. Radium preparations are remarkable for maintaining themselves at a higher temperature than their surroundings, and for their radiations, which are of three kinds: alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays (see these terms). By reason of thes…