n. [ LL. Ambrosinus nummus. ] An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cera wax. ] (Chem.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. (Chem.) An enzyme, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. niger black. ] (Chem.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also
n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Prosily. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A variant of resin. ] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rosin oil,
v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being rosy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
a. like rosin, or having its qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; cheese. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative.