MACARONI

(It.), n. Ma3-ka3-ro'ne; in Eng., ma2k-a3-ro'ni2. 1. A trade name for a glutinous food-stuff made from the paste of a flour of a hard-grained wheat grown in Italy, freed of most of its starch by washing and pre ed into long, slender tubes. 2. A drastic purgative containing antimony sulphide, used in lead colic. [B, 38, 88, 93 (a, 39); a, 17, 35.] [s. 685]