propargylic

[Eng. propargyl; -ic.] Derived from, or containing, propargyl. propargylic alcohol, s. Chemistry: C3H4O=CH:C CH2OH. A colorle mobile liquid, obtained by distilling slowly a mixture of brom-allylic alcohol, pota ic hydrate, and a little water. It has a burning taste, an agreeable smell, and is miscible with water. Specific gravity, *9628 at 21°; vapor density, 19; boiling point, 115°. Its vapor burns in air with a luminous flame. propargylic-ether, s. Chem.: CHO = CH:C.CH2 OC2H5. Propargylethyl ether. Obtained by digesting allylene dibromide with alcoholic potash. It is a colorle liquid, po e es a disagreeable odor, specific gravity 83 at 7°, and boils at 81°. With ammoniacal cuprous chloride it gives a yellow precipitate. *prō-păs'-sión ( as sh), s . [Pref. pro- , and Eng. pa ion (q. v.).) A substitute for pa ion or suffering. "The pa ions of Christ are by divines called rather pro pa ions than pa ions themselves." -Reynolds: On the Pa ions, 39. tprō-pěd, subst. [Lat. pro =for, and pes (gen it. ped is)=a foot.] Entom.: Kirby's name for a proleg (q. v.). pro-pěl', .t . [Lat. propello to drive forward: pro=forward, and pello = to drive.] To drive for ward; to cause to move forward; to urge or pre forward or onward by force.