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14 words match “ALBAN”

ALBAN n.
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
ALBANIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.
GALBAN; GALBANUM n.
m the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
ANCIENT a.
rature, history; ancient days. Witness those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.
AREA n.
a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.
ARNAUT; ARNAOUT n.
An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.
BATHE v.
To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.
DAGGES n.
of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.
ETERNIZE v.
To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits. St. Alban's battle won by famous York, Shall be eternized in all age to come. Shak.
PARTY n.
Cause; side; interest. Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany Shak.
RACE n.
same stock; a lineage; a breed. The whole race of mankind. Shak. Whence the long race of Alban fathers come. Dryden.
RESORCIN n.
rless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthaleïn, fluoresceïn, and eosin.
RUN v.
ake progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
UMBELLIFERONE n.
ezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy- coumarin.