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n. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aurum + cyanide. ] (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carbide. [ R. ]

n. [ Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + cyanogen. ] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + selenide. ] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., from Gr. &unr_; lit., gracious goddesses. ] (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferri- + cyanide. ] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferro- + cyanide. ] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. gnīdan. ] To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.

n. (Chem.) A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [ R. ] See Hydride. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Ichneumon. ] (Zool.) The ichneumon flies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any rare earth element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).
Syn. -- rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Mannite + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mellone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nidus a nest: cf. F. nid. ] A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Niding. ] Infamous; dastardly. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The typical butterflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; linen. ] (Med.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Scorpiones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. [ Slang, archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. derogatory in an insinuating manner; as, a snide remark. [ PJC ]

{ or } n. (Mil.) A breech-loading rifle formerly used in the British service; -- so called from the inventor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Sulpho- + amine + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates). I. Remsen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H2SO4, is a sulphionide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Sulphocyanate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of wasp. ] (Zool.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous. “Unideaed girls.” Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Bacon ] received the unideaed page [ Villiers ] into his intimacy. Lord Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not ideal; real; unimaginative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unideaed. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]