‖n. [ L. basilicon, Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, neut. &unr_;, universal. See Catholic. ] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. dia- + catholicon. ] (Med.) A universal remedy; -- a name formerly given to a purgative electuary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. silicon. ] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted by
prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr.
From Helicon's harmonious springs
A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Gray. [1913 Webster]
‖n. [ NL. See Helicon. ] (Zool.) One of numerous species of
a. [ L. Heliconius. ]
n. [ NL. See Hydraulic. ] (Mus.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend + &unr_; material, fr. &unr_; wood, matter. ] A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Silica. ] (Chem.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also