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Castoreum. See Castoreum.

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

ds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke.

blow. -- Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. -- Dry castor (Zoöl.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. -- Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. -- Dry dock. See under Dock. -- Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). -- Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, i…

Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid. [R.]

A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.

acassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.

Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.

the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.]

A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.

A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.

A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and cæsia. Called also pollux.