·noun An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.
·noun A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. II. Monte ·add. ·noun In...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A sour substance. II. Acid ·adj Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction. III. Acid ·a...
·add. ·noun An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing ...
In former days an eminence out of cannon shot of operations, where spectators were not exposed to da...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or he...
·- A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO·NH)2·CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid a...
·- an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid;...
·adj Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. ...
·add. ·- Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum. ...
On the south side of Fenchurch Street, opposite the Pump and next to Northumberland Alley west (S. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.