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Andean; as, Andine flora.

The common red variety of garnet.

The vegetable casein of almonds.

en also brigantine.] Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. Milton.

acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).

A stuff made of silk and wool. I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.

The quality or state of being handy.

An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).

d; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.

An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.

An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr. Knight.

The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

See Almandine

See Brigandine.

Am alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts, It is a coloriess crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. Cheidonic acid, a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.

ing to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.

See Celandine.