Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc. →
a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals. →
v. t.
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief. →
v. i.
To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. →
n.
A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. →