aceconitic acid

(C6H606.) Chem. A tribasic acid produced, along with citracetic acid, by heating ethylic bromacetate with sodium. It is isomeric with aconitic acid. ( Watts : Suppl .) A-çel-dạ mạ, s. [Syro-Chal. Chhaqual = field of; dem a, in Heb. dam blood.] 1. As a proper name: A field purchased by the Jewish chief priests and elders with the thirty pieces of silver returned by Judas. It was used as a place of interment for strangers. The traditionary site is on a small plateau half way up the southern slope of the Valley of Hinnom, near the junction of the latter with the Valley of Jehoshaphat. (See Matt. xxvii. 3-10; Acts i. 18, 19.) 2. As a common noun : A field of blood. Spec., a field of battle just after a sanguinary contest has terminated.