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A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.

Anility. [R.]

Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]

One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.

Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.

A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.

A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.

Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.

ivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.

A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

f, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Kirwan.

Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.

Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous. [R.]

Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes.