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A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

To the death; mortally.

A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

r, as property or ownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." Sir M. Hale. The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon.

A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

To form a metallic compound. Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure.

A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.

To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] Milton.

ment (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.

The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal…

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.