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Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Tranquillizing :: Tranquillizing (a.) Making tranquil; calming.

Rest :: Rest (n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind..

Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind..

Sea Onion :: Sea onion () The officinal squill. See Squill.

Intranquillity :: Intranquillity (n.) Unquietness; restlessness.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

Quilled :: Quilled (imp. & p. p.) of Quil.

Tranquillization :: Tranquillization (n.) The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized..

Tranquilliized :: Tranquilliized () of Tranquilliz.

Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Pacify :: Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity..

Ratteen :: Ratteen (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.

Secondary :: Secondary (n.) A secondary quill.

Quilling :: Quilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quil.

Twill :: Twill (v. t.) A quill, or spool, for yarn..

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