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‖n. [ F. ] 1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bombastic report from the French armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rich beef stock with tomatoes and madeira and minced carrots and onions and celery.
Syn. -- sauce espanole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Sleeplessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. linum flax + oleum oil. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Noll. ] The head. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. &unr_; an organ + &unr_; to lay hold of. ] (Physiol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C18H34O3 with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic and formerly referred to as palmic. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) An organic acid (C18H34O3) obtained from the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of the family Euphorbiaceae; chemicaly it is d-12-hydroxyoleic acid (CH3(CH2)5.CH(OH).CH2.CH=CH.(CH2)7COOH). Formerly called palmic acid. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. ricinus castor-oil plant + oleum oil. ] (Chem.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinolent. ] Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Seminole /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence. ] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific. ] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. vinolentina. See Vinolent. ] Drunkennes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]