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An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
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An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
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An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge.
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An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
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An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.
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An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
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An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.
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An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.
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An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, ∨ Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
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