napelline

[Mod. Lat. napell ( us ) in Acon itum napellus, the scientific name of the Aconite; ine.] [NAPUS.] Chem.: An alkaloid obtained by Hübschmann from crude aconitine. It is a white, electric pow of nantokite. *nā-om-ě-try, [Greek naos a temple, and metron a measure.] A word coined by Jonson to ridicule the wild interpretations put upon Scripture prophecies by some of the sectaries of his day. The allusions seem to be to Rev. xii. 14, xi. 1. "To calculate a time and half a time, And the whole time, according to naometry." Staple of News , iii. 1.