picrotoxIc

[Eng. picrotox (in); -ic.] Contained in or derived from picrotoxin. picrotoxic acid, s. Chem. The name given by Pelletier and Couerbe to picrotoxin, because it unites with metallic oxides. ( Watts .) toxin.] pic-ro-tox-In, subst . [Pref. picro- , and English Chem.: C12H1405. The poisonous principle of Cocculus indicus (q. v.), and extracted from that berry by means of hot alcohol. It is inodorous, intensely bitter and neutral to test-papers, crystallizes in stellate groups of needles, difficultly soluble in water, very soluble in alcohol, ether, and in warm fixed oils. With baryta, lime, and lead oxide it forms uncrystallizable compounds which are difficult to purify. pi-cryl, s. [Eng. picr (ic); -yl. ] Chem.: C6H2(NO2)3. The hypothetical radical of picric acid. picryl-chloride, s. Chem.: C6H2(NO2)3Cl. A yellow substance, po e ing an agreeable odor, obtained by the action of phosphorus pent a chloride on picric acid. It is soluble in alcohol and ether, but is decomposed on heating. Pict, s . [Prob. from Lat. Picti =painted people, pictus , pa. par. of pingo =to paint. Trench is of opinion that it is more probably an alteration of a Celtic word, since the Romans saw painted and tattooed savages before they penetrated as far north IMG:content-1046.png:[blocks in formation] Pict-ish, a . [Eng. Pict ; -ish .] Pertaining to or resembling the Picts. "The Gothic monarch and the Pictish peer." Byron: Curse of Minerva. pict-ite, subst. [After a M. Pict(et), who first described the rock which contained it; suff. ite ( Min.).) Min.: A name given by Delametherie to some small reddish crystals, which were found in the protogine of Pormenaz and Chamouni, but which proved to be Titanite (q. v.). tpic to graphic, a. [Lat. pictus =painted, and Eng. graphic.] Expre ing ideas by means of pictures or hieroglyphics. "They... were accustomed constantly to employ the ancient pictographic method." - Brinton: Myths of the New World, ch. i. 3114 pic-tör-I-al, a . [Lat. pictorius , from pictor =a painter.] Of or pertaining to a picture or pictures; forming pictures; of the nature of a picture; illustrated by or represented in pictures. "Mere pictorial inventions, not any physical shapes." -Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., ch. xxiv. pictorial-lichen, s. Bot . (pl.): The tribe Graph ide i (q. v.). pic-tör-i-al-ly, adv . [Eng. pictorial ; -ly .] In a pictorial manner; by means of pictures or engrav ings.