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A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.

A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.

A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.

Dilatation of the capillary vessels.

Telangiectasis.

To deprive of a taste for a thing. [R.] Daniel.

The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. Cowell. The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned. Holinshed.

A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.

The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.

A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.

A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott.

Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

e union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

ived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." Boyle. "A liquid of an acetous kind." Bp. Lowth.

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.