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The basal plane of a crystal.

Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.

To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

om sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce. Bacon. Ure.

A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

A transparent crystalline substance,

A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.

mation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. -- Benzoic aldehyde, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO, intermediate in composition between benzoic…

A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.

A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic; beta-naphthol benzoate.

an intestinal antiseptic and as a substitute for creosote in phthisis. It is a colorless crystalline pewder.

To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. [Obs.] Shak.

g of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

Sprinkled over; strewed. His face besprent with liquid crystal shines. Shenstone. The floor with tassels of fir was besprent. Longfellow.

ng naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.