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The head. [Obs.] Shak.

g and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade.

Sleeplessness.

A salt of linoleic acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.

Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.

Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.

An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.

A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, Cricinolic.

The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.

The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.

Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.

A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration.

Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv. He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey.

Drunkennes. [Obs.]

Given to wine; drunken; intemperate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

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