virIdine

[Lat. virid ( is )=green; suff. -ine.] Chem.: C12H19N. A member of the pyridine group of organic bases obtained from coal-tar and distinguished by their intolerable odor. Boiling point, 230°; specific gravity=1.017. Is slightly soluble in water, easily in alcohol and ether. vir-i-dite, s. [Latin virid ( is )=green; suff. -ite (Min.).] Min.: A name given by Vogelsang to the green decomposition products found in many rocks, which are e entially hydrated silicates of protoxide of iron and magnesia. *vi-rid-i-ty, s . [Latin virid it as , from virid is = green.]. Greenne , verdure; the color of fresh vegetation; freshne . "The apple maintain eth it selfe longest in viridity and vigor, of all other fruits."- P . Holland : Plutarch , p. 595. vir-id-ne , s. [Eng. virid ; -ne .] Viridity, greenne . vir'-ile, vir'-ile, s . [French viril =virile, manly, from Lat. virilis , from vir a man, a hero; cogn. with Gr. herős , for vērōs =a hero; Sansc. vira = a hero, heroic; Zend. vira = a hero; Irish fear = a man; Goth. wair ; A. S. wer; O. H. Ger. wer.] [VIRTUE.] 1. Pertaining to a man as opposed to a woman; belonging to the male sex. "If there be any charm to overcome man and all his virile virtues, 'tis woman that does affect it."-Feltham: Discourse on Luke xiv. 20. 2. Pertaining to procreation; procreative. "The knot which debilitated and enfeebled his virile inclinations."- P. Ricaut: Greek and Armenian Churches, P. 314. 3. Becoming or characteristic of a man; masculine, manly; not puerile or effeminate. "His instrument broke for want of a firm and even hand to use it a virile , devoted master to prolong the strain."- Scribner's Magazine , May, 1880, p. 124.