liking

& 8. [LIKE, v.] *A. As adj .: Having a certain appearance; featured, favored. "Why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort?"- Daniel i. 10. B. As substantive: 1. The state of being pleased; contentment. "Than to drive liking to the name of love." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , i. 1. IMG:content-0569.png:[blocks in formation] "A sudden trust from sudden liking grew." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xv. 464. *4. State of the body; especially good or plump condition. "Their young ones are in good liking ; they grow up with corn." Job xxxix. 4. *5. A state of trial. IMG:content-0570.png:[blocks in formation] radiate needles, which are soluble in water and in alcohol, but insoluble in ether. It po e es a taste which is at the same time sweet, bitter, nauseous, and astringent. It di olves in concentrated sulphuric acid, forming a yellowish-green solution, which gradually changes to violet-blue; on diluting with water it takes an amethyst color. Lilacine is considered an unfailing remedy for intermittent fever.