CHOCOLATE

n. Cho2k'ol-at Lat., chocolata. Fr., chocolat. Ger., Chocolade, Schokolate. It., cioccolate. Sp., c. 1. Of the Belg. Ph. and Fr. Cod., a preparation made by grinding cacao-seeds, mixing the powder while warm with its own weight of sugar, and, as a rule, flavoring the ma with cinnamon, vanilla, or some other aromatic. Occasionally various amylaceous or mucilaginous substances are added. Thus prepared, c. is to be had at the shops in the form of hard, brittle cakes of a reddish-brown color. They are eaten in that state, or, powdered and boiled with milk or milk and water, with the addition of sugar, are drank like tea and coffee. C. is also an ingredient of various articles of confectionary and is used to flavor certain culinary preparations and to mask the taste of some drugs. 2. A medicinal preparation having c. for its basis. [A, 308; B, 81, 200 (a, 21).] Artificial c. A compound of roasted almonds bruised and mixed with milk, cloves, cinnamon, and sugar. [L, 104.] Butter of the c. nut. See Oleum THEOBROM^E. -C. con escamonea [Mex. Ph.] (Sp.). Lat., chocolata cum scammonia. Fr., chocolat a la scammonee. A preparation made by mixing in a warm iron mortar 8'3 grammos of finely powdered Aleppo scammony and 250 of simple c., and dividing into tablets of 30 grammes each; used as a purgative. [A, 447.] C. con magnesia [Mex. Ph.] (Sp.). Lat., chocolata cum magnesia. Fr., chocolat a la magnesie. A preparation made by mixing 50 grammes of calcined magnesia and 500 of simple c. in a warm iron mortar and dividing the ma into tablets of 30 grammes each; used as a laxative. [A, 447.] C. de salud (Sp.). See CHOCOLATA simplex. C. ferruginoso [Mex. Ph.] (Sp.). See CHOCOLATA ferruginosa. C, nut. See CACAO (1st def.). C. nut-tree. See C. tree. C. of health. See CHOCOLATA simplex. C. root. The Geum can a dense. [B, 19, 275 (a, 24).] C. simple [Mex. Ph.] (Sp.). See CHOCOLATA simplex. C. tree. The Theobroma cacao. [B, 275 (a, 24).] Indian c. The Geum rivale. [B, 19, 275 (a, 24).] Simple c. See CHOCOLATA simplex. O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; L, liko oo in too; [s. 249]