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A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

The bark of any species of cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.

A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.

See Cinchona.

Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.

Cinch (the game).

See Cinch (the game).

fty person; an intriguer. Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark, or the bark of certain species of Cinchona; -- so called because its medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit missionaries to South America. -- Jesuits' drops. See Friar's balsam, under Friar. -- Jesuits' nut, the European water chestnut.…

organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.

An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.

of Peru, under Balsam. -- Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.…

nine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance. [Written also chinic, kinic.]