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n. The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See Yellow. ] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt (Sodium chloride). It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiarities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dead coloring. See under Dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deploring manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. euchlorine. See Euchloric. ] (Chem.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. “Exploring parties.” Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. florin, It. florino, orig., a Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr. L. flos. See Flower, and cf. Floren. ] A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That implores; beseeching; entreating. -- Im*plor"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. [ OF. lormier, loremier, fr. LL. loranum bridle, L. lorum thong, the rein of a bridle. ] A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 3d Lore. ] Instructive discourse. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]