ACIDYLNITRILE

n. A?s’i?d-i?l-nitril. Fr., acidylnitrile. Ger., errr A compound of the trivalent residue of an organic acid united with-nitrogen, The term is usually applied to derivatives of this sort formed from the acids of the fatty series, such as formic acid, acetic acid, etc. They have the constitution CnHgo +,.C=N, and are called also alkyl cyanides, because they may be led as compounds of cyanogen Mite ae members of the A crest, etc. See ActEs. univalent series of hydrocarbons (alkyls). ACTER (Fr.),n. AS-se-a. 1. Steel. —Baume d’a, Pang baume d’aiguilles. A liniment made by di olvin; eee of steel fil i in 32 of nitric acid, with the aid of heat, and ding 82 parts, each, of alcohol and olive-oil; occasionally used for. Fi In the joints. [A, 321.]—Limaille. Steel filings. [A, 301.] .),n.f.?s), Gen., aciéi. Fr., acier, crête, angle saillant; aréte (5th def.). Ger., Grat, Grath; Gräthe Gin det. 1. A ridge or edge formed by the intersection of two planes (said in botany of the edges of certain stems, and in anatomy of prominent edges of bones). [B.] 2. A little eminence formed by the teenia semicircular is at the side of the foramen of Monro, about a line distant from it. [A, 314.] 3, Keenne of vision. [A,312] 4 The pupil of the eye. [A, 312.] 5. A collective term for the phalanges of the fingers, from their arrangement like that of a line of spears. [A, 316.j 6, The arrest. or rat-tail, often formed on the inner side of the limbs in horses; being a horny, wart-like, or scal excrescence. [A, 300.|—A. digitorum manus. See A. (5th def.). —A. diurna. See HEMERALOPIA.—ÀÂ. vesper tina. See Nycra- LOPIA.