sat a nope rca

[Gr. Satanas Satan, and Mod. Lat. perca (q. v.).) Ichthy.: A genus of Chromides, with seven species, from the rivers of the Amazon Valley and Guiana. †sā-tan-õph-an-y, s. [Eng. Satan , and Greek wood, said to be sudorific and stimulant. săs-sa-frid, s . [SASSAFRAS.] Chem.: A substance found in the root-bark of Laurus sa afras , and extracted by alcohol, from which water separates the sa afrid. When purified it forms yellowish-brown crystalline grains, having neither taste nor smell. Easily soluble in hot water and alcohol, slightly soluble in cold water and ether. Heated it gives off white vapors which condense and form a blue-green precipitate with ferric salts.