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Same as Naphthylamine.

Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. Chaucer. Famine is in thy cheeks; Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes. Shak.

red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

na. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic, a.

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." Shak. The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. Roscommon.

One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

Same as Hydroxylamine.

An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.

To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.

ith disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. Milton.

To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.

To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. Ponder the path of thy feet. Prov. iv. 26.

To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence. A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. Masson.

umber of carbon atoms; -- distinguished from secondary and tertiary alcohols. -- Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group, or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; -- distinguished from secondary and tertiary amines. -- Primary amputation (S…

An examiner; an approver. Maydman.

To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.

A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.