phananthraquinone

[Eng. phen ( yl ), and anthraquinone.] Chem.: C14H8O2= C6H4CO. C6H4CO. Obtained by mixing hot solutions of twenty-two parts of chromic acid, and ten parts phenanthrene in fifty parts of glacial acetic acid. On adding water, phenanthraquinone is precipitated, and may be recrystallized from alcohol. It forms tufts of orange-yellow needles, melts at 198°, and is soluble in hot alcohol, in benzene, and in glacial acetic acid. Heated with sodalime, it is converted into diphenyl. phěn-ăn-threne, subst . [English phen (yl), and anthr(ac)ene.] Chem.: C14H10. A hydrocarbon isomeric with anthracene, obtained from crude anthracene and from the liquid portion of coal-tar oil which boils above 300°; and also formed by pa ing stilbene *pheēşe, pheēze, v. t. [Etym. doubtful.] To through a red-hot tube. It crystallizes in colorle beat; to chastise; to pay out. "An he be proud with me, I'll pheeze his pride." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, ii. 3. pheēşe, subst. [Etym. doubtful.] A fit of fretfulne ; peevishne . pheēş-ý, a. [English phees (e), s.; -y.] Fretful; peevish; querulous.