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To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. South.

One who opines. Jer. Taylor.

Of or relating to the antelope.

A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.

A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.

An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

ng the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. C. Smart.

An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Quality of being ropy; viscosity.

A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. CH3.C.CH

Same as Atropine.

are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.

Same as Chopine, n.

See Chopine.

wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey. Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the…

To give a blow to; to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell.