n.
Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever. →
n.
Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.] →
n.
A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds. →
a.
Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. →
n.
A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom. →