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n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Cless. Myth.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an eschar: cf. F. escharotique. ] (Med.) Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Cf. Sp. guácharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird. ] (Zool.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pharos; a lighthouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Faro. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`ros a lighthouse + -logy. ] The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. fa`ros, fr. Fa`ros an island in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. ] A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharoïde. ] Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A saccharimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sugar + &unr_;, &unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Biol.) A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of saccharonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Saccharin + lactone. ] (Chem.) (a) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid. (b) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Saccharine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An East Indian coin of the value of 121/2 pence sterling, or about 25 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]