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n. [ F. anil, Sp. anīl, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nīl, for al-nīl the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nīla dark blue, nīlī indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac. ] (Bot.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anilis, fr. anus an old woman. ] Old-womanish; imbecile. “Anile ideas.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anility. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anil. ] (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Aniline + -ism. ] (Med.) A disease caused by chronic exposure to aniline; aniline toxicity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. [ L. anilitas. See Anile. ] The state of being an old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. “Marks of anility.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bromine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell. ] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carbonyl + aniline. ] (Chem.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + E. anilene. ] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flavus yellow + E. aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of brittle limestone. [ Prov. Eng. ] Kirwan.

‖n. [ Sp., small seed. ] Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. inanis empty + loqui to speak. ] Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indigo + aniline. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Leuc- + aniline. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the Phillipines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
Syn. -- winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A lawn grass (Zoysia matrella) common in the Philippines; grown also in US.
Syn. -- Japanese carpet grass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (Musa textilis), a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made.
Syn. -- Manilla hemp, abaca. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Philippine plant (Musa textilis) having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc.; called also the abaca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.
Syn. -- cantala, Cebu maguey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.
Syn. -- manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Manilla, 1. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical.
Syn. -- genus Manilkara. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ }, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manila paper or the color of manila paper. [ PJC ]

Manila cheroot or
Manila cigar, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. manilla; cf. It. maniglio, maniglia; F. manille; Pg. manilha; all fr. L. manus hand, and formed after the analogy of L. monile, pl. monilia, necklace: cf. F. manille. ] 1. A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Manila. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See manila, manila hemp, manila paper. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] See 1st Manilla, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Olive Trade) A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A very dry pale sherry from Spain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. niger black + E. aniline. ] (Chem.) The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nitro- + chloranil + -ic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + aniline. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline; nitroaniline. In general they are yellow crystalline substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxanilic + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ Oxalic + aniline. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxalic + aniline + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rose + aniline. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The tarpum. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From sulphuric + anilene. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]