stycerine

[Eng. sty ( ryl ), and (glycerine.] Chem.: C9H12O3=phenyl glycerine. A trivalent alcohol, obtained by heating a mixture of styryl tri bromide and water for eight or ten hours. It is very soluble in water and alcohol, and on evaporation is left as a gummy ma . stÿe, s. [STY (2), 8.] stye, v. i. [STY (2), v.] Styg-i-an, adj . [Lat. Stygius , from Styx ; Gr. Styx , (gen it. Stygos )=Styx, from stygeō to hate.] Pertaining to Styx, a river of hell, over which the shades of the dead were ferried by Charon; hence, hellish, infernal. "Whose Stygian throats breathe darkne all day long." Cowper: Task, iii. 738.