a.
Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide. →
superl.
Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. →
v. i.
A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. →
n.
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin. →
n.
A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case. →
n.
Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes. →