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‖n. [ G., fr. bild image, likeness + stein stone. ] Same as Agalmatolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ From physicists S. N. Bose, and Albert Einstein. ] (Physics) A law of statistical mechanics which is obeyed by a system of particles when interchange of two particles does not change the wave function. Contrasted to Fermi-Dirac statistics. See also boson. [ PJC ]

n. A variant of Chieftain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Curtana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because it came from Gravenstein, a place in Schleswig. Downing. ] A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemo- + corpus luteum. ] (Physiol.) See Hematoidin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Haughty. ] 1. Haughty; proud. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. High; -- said of the voice or flight of birds. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, blood. ] (Chem.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemi- + protein. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A breed of dairy cattle from North Holland and Friesland; they have a black and white color to their fur.
Syn. -- Friesian, Holstein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. lac, lactis, milk + E. protein. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a small principality in central Europe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. 1. of or pertaining to Liechtenstein; as, Liechtensteiner castles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Liechtenstein; as, Liechtensteiner writers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Leichtenstein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From corpus luteum. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. (spurious) my^kos mucus (L. mucus) + E. protein. ] (Biol.) The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'oste`on bone. ] Ossein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) In chemical analysis, the total nitrogenous material in vegetable or animal substances, obtained by multiplying the total nitrogen found by a factor, usually 6.25, assuming most proteids to contain approximately 16 per cent of nitrogen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. prw^tos first: cf. prwtei^on the first place. ] (Physiol. Chem.) any polymer of an amino acid joined by peptide (amide) bonds. Most natural proteins have alpha-amino acids as the monomeric constituents. All classical enzymes are composed of protein, and control most of the biochemical transformations carrie dout in living cells. They may be soluble, as casein, albumins, and other globular proteins, or insoluble (e. g. "structural proteins"), as collagen or keratin. "albumin", an older term for protein, is now used primarily to refer to certain specific soluble globular proteins found in eggs or blood serum, e.g. bovine serum albumin, the main soluble protein in teh serum of cattle, used as an enzymatically inert protein in biochemical research. In the 1913 dictionary, protein was defined as: “A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name.” [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

Protein crystal. (Bot.) See Crystalloid, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol. Chem.) Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Proteinaceuos. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Steen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok. ] (Zool.) (a) The European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok. [ Written also steinboc, and steinbok; also called stonebock, and stonebuck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The stannel. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Steening. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ So called from the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths. ] A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Steenkirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wheater. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. tīund. See Tithe. ] A tithe. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Teyne. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to extend + -scope. ] (Physics) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope. Sir D. Brewster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. teint, teinte. See Tint. ] Tint; color; tinge, See Tint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Time shall . . . embrown the teint. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Tincture. ] Color; tinge; tincture. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Xantho- + protein. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Xylo- + Gr. 'oste`on bone. ] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]