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Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they are yellow crystalline substances.

See Sequin.

To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.

eeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.

To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. [R.] Quincy.

warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.

o. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.

Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall.

h sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

rs adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.

cy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.

Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

The state of being aërial; [R.] De Quincey.

scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.

gonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

[Slang] Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey. The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8.

The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.

he human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.