AXIN

n. A?x’i?n. A buttery substance obtained by boiling the Coccus a. [La Llave], an insect found on certain Mexican trees. It occurs in guadrapenler or rounded pieces, of a deep orange-red externally, dirty-white or yellowish within, insoluble in water, soluble in hot alcohol. It consists chiefly of lauric mixed with a little It is used for making a varnish to preserve steel LA, 447; Imitic acid. feats from rusting, and also employed medicinally. , 270. AXINÆA (Lat.), n. f. A?x(a3x)-i?n-e'(a3'e?)-as, 'Fr., axinée, fig ge ce ee plants established by Ruiz and Pavôn. , 121, 170.