n.
v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Allineation. [ 1913 Webster ]
The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Alignment. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French ]. New Eng. Dict. (Murray). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. alcalin. ] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]
Alkaline earths,
Alkaline metals,
Alkaline reaction,
adj.
a. [ L. amygdalinus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of power to counteract alkalies. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Resembling a buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bubaline antelope (Zool.),
n. (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Crotalus. ] (Zool.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the
n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, organic base,
n. [ Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. hyalinus, Gr. &unr_;, fr.
n.
Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being mealy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nema thread, Gr.
n. Same as norepinephrine.
a. [ Cf. F. opalin. ] Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. See Orpheline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Glyoxal + -ine. ] (Chem.) See Glyoxaline. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Cf. F. pétalin. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors. Du Maurier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Quinoline + glyoxal. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones.
a. [ F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt. ]
n. [ Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a. ] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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n. The quality or state of being salt; saltness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being scaly; roughness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Related to, or resembling, the serval. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So called because obtained by the action of alkalies on sinapine. ] (Chem.) Choline.
a. Moderately saline or salt. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus
n. [ F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina, tormalina, NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels.
☞ Crystals of tourmaline when heated exhibit electric polarity (see Pyroelectric, n.). Tourmaline is also used in the form of a polariscope called tourmaline tongs. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. trans across + linea a line: cf. It tralineare, tralignare. ] To deviate; to stray; to wander. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) See Tourmaline. [ 1913 Webster ]