spirylicacid

[SALICYLIC-ACID.] *spi , a . [Lat. spi us .] Thick, close, dense. "This spi and dense yet polished, this copious yet concise, treatise of the variety of languages."- Brere wood . *spis-sat-ed, adj . [Latin spi atus , pa. spi o to thicken; spi us thick, dense.] Thick ened, dense, inspi ated. of "The images, which the spi ated juice of the poppy presents to the fancy, was one reason why this drug had a place in the ceremonial of the shows."- War burton : Divine Legation, bk. ii., § 4. soft substances, thickne belonging to substances neither perfectly liquid nor perfectly solid. "Spi itude, attended with heat, grows inflammatory." -Arbuthnot: Nature of Aliments, ch. vi.