n. (Chem.) Asparagine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + codeine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid, C18H19NO2, prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having blue veins or blue streaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. caféine. See Coffee. ] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kw`deia poppy head: cf. F. codéine. ] (Chem.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Conine.

{ , v. t. Same as Darraign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ordain. ] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).

a. (Bot.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To feign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin.
Syn. -- fluorescein, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intersected, as with veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. (Chem.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. [ Written also mauvine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Menge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. maisniée, maisnie. See Menial. ] 1. A family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue; train. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Company; band; army. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from decay). ] (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. narcéïne. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fy^kos seaweed + (&unr_;) dusky. ] A brown coloring matter found in certain algæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See 1st Rennet. ] (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. roméine. So calledafter the French mineralogist Romé L'Isle. ] (Min.) A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Magenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. seine, or AS. segene, b&unr_;th fr. L. sagena, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fishes with a seine. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ F. théine, fr. NL. thea. See Theiform. ] (Chem.) See Caffeine. Called also theina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble. “Veined follies.” Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]