ABSINTHE

(Fr.),n. Pr, a*b(a%p)-sa’nt. Lat., absinthium, absynthium (ist def.). Ger., Wermuth, Wurmtod (ist def.), Absinth liqueur (2d def.), Absinth. It., a enzio. Sp., ajenjo. 1. Wormwood. See ABsINTHIUM. 2 A liqueur. See 4. sui e—A. bâtarde. A West Indian name for several plants of the Composite, A popular 1. Wormwood. 2. The especially the Parthenium hysterophorus. _ [A, 328,]—A. com- —_ Cea ARTEMISIA absinthium.—A. de mer. Sea wormwood. See ARTEMISIA mar it in a.—A. de montagne. See A. bdtarde.—A. glaciale. See ARTEMISIA glacial is—A. majeure. See ARTEMISIA absinthium.—A. maritime. See ARTEMISIA Maritima.—A. mineure. Roman wormwood. See ARTEMISIA pontic a, —A, of ficin ale. See ARTEMISIA absinthium.—A. panachée. A drink consisting of a mixture of A. sui e with other hquids. [B, 88.]—A. pontique. See Artemisia pontic a.—A. sui e. 1, The Achillea moschata. 2. The liqueur known as absinthe or extrait da, Authorities differ as to the constituents of this cordial, but the probability is that it is made of the Artemisia absinthium, A. mutellina, A. glacial is, A. rupestris, A. spicata, and perhaps certain other Alpine species of Artemisia (called collectively Génépi or Genippè), together with anise. The habitual use of this liqueur is said to occasion a particular form of disease, See ABSINTH IS ME, is 301, 303.]—Alcool at. A preparation made by distilling resh wormwood tops with alcohol. It is said to have the property of masking the bitter taste of cinchona, and on that account it is used, together with sugar, in the preparation of an elixir of cinchona. [A, 328.]—Alcoolé. composé. See Teinture da. composée — Bière d’a. See Pur.—Bois. Syn.: bois amer de Bourbon. A hard, yellow wood, of a very bitter taste, from an apocynaceons tree growing in the Isle of Bourbon, occasionally used in medicine. [B, 38.]—Eau distillée d’a. [Fr. Cod.J. A preparation made by distilling the leaves and tops of the Artemisia absinthium (wormwood) with water until the distillate equals in weight the amount of the plant employed. [{B.]—E ence. See Olewm aBsinTHU.—Extrait 1. According to the French Codex, a preparation made from the tops of wormwood by exhausting with boiling water and evaporating to the consistence of a soft extract. Compare the German Extractum ABsINTHIL. [B.] 2. The liqueur, See 4. sui e.—Grande a Syn.: aluyne, aluine. Wormwood; Artemisia absinthium [Linn.]. As an official term in the French Codex, the leaves and tops of the plant. [B.]—Huile. [Fr. Cod.]. A preparation made by digesting 1 part of the leaves and tops of wormwood in 10 parts of olive-oil on a water bath and filtering the product. |B.]—Huile volatile d’a. [Fr. Cod.]. See Oleum ABSsINTAIL—Œnolé da. See Vin d’a.—Petite a. Roman wormwood, See ARTEMIsIA pontic a.—Quinte ence. A bitter stomachic made by macerating.2 parts, each, of the tops of Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia pontic a, and 1 part. of bruised cloves, in 320 pace of ve oa alcohol for eight days, straining, ete a filtering, and adding 1 part of sugar. fo Reveil, A, 328.]—Sel e entiel d’a. See Sal a inrni.—Sirop d’a A preparation made by infusing 1 part of wormwood tops in 8 parts of boiling water, straining, filtering, and adding 190 parts of sugar to 100 parts of the infusion, over a water bath. [O. Reveil, A, 3%8.] —Teinture (alcool i que). [Fr. Cod.]. “A preparation made OF macerating 1 part of wormwood tops in 5 narts of 60-per-cent. alcohol for ten days, and filtering. B.]|—Teinture. composée [Fr. Cod.]. Lat., tinctura absinth it compos it a. Syn.: étixir stomach i que de Stoughton. A preparation made by macerating 25 parts, each, of wormwood tops, germander (Teucrium chamædrys) tops, gentian root, bitter-orange peel, and rhubarb, and 5 parts, each, of aloes and cascarilla, in 1,000 parts of 60-per-cent. alcohol, for ten days, and filtering. ee ae d’a. [Fr. Cod.]. Wormwood tea; a preparation e by infusing 5 parts of the tops in 1,000 parts of boiling water, and filtering.—Vin. [Fr. Cod.]. Lat., vinum de absinthio. Syn.: enolé d'a. 1. A preparation made by macerating 3 parts of dried wormwood leaves in 6 parts of 60-per-cent. alcohol, for a day, then adding 100 parts of white wine, macerating for ten days longer, and filtering, [B.] 2. The Popes absinth i tes (q. v.).—Vin sec avec de l’a See Purtroyal.