margarIne

[MARGARITE.) A peculiar pearly substance extracted from hogs' lard. The name is now applied to artificial butter made from a mixture of animal fat and oil. [OLEOMARGARINE.] †mar-găr-i-tā'-çě-oŭs (or ceo us as shŭs), adj. [Mod. Lat. mar gari tace us ; Lat. margarita = a pearl; -ace us .] Pearl-bearing. mar-gar-ite, s . [Lat. margarita ; Gr. margar itēs a pearl; Pers. mervaria =a pearl; Fr. marguerite; Ital. & Sp. margarita .] *I. Ord . Lang .: A pearl. "Neither cast ye youre margarites before swyn." Wycliffe: Matthew vii. II. Mineralogy : species included by in his margarophyllite Section Crystallization, ortho rhombic. Cleavage, basal, eminent. Hardne , 3.5 4.5; specific gravity, 2.99. Luster of cleavage surfaces, pearly; elsewhere, vitreous; color, grayish, reddish-white, yellowish; translucent; lamine brittle. Composition: Silica, 30'1; alumina, 51.2; lime, 116; soda, 2.6; water, 4'5. Occurs with chlorite at the Greinerberg, Tyrol; with emery (emery lite) at Isle of Naxos, Grecian Archipelago, and Asia Minor, also in the United States. 2. The same as ŒLLACHERITE (q. v.). 3. A name used by Glocker for his family of Micas. +mar-găr-i-tif-er-ous, a . [Lat. margarita =a pearl; fero to bear, to produce, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] Producing pearls. mar-gar-o-, pref. [MARGARONE.] (See the compound.) margaro-nitrile, s. Chem.: C16H31CN. Cetylic cyanide. A compound prepared by the action of cetylic iodide on pota ic cyanide.