obbligato, obligato

[Ital.=bound.] Music: An instrumental part or accompaniment of such importance that it cannot be dispensed with. IMG:content-0180.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically : Ford: Sun's Darling , i. 1 1. Bot .: Panic-gra ; a plant of the genus Panicum. 2. Chem.: The meal of the oat deprived of its husk. It is one of the most important and valu able articles of food, containing a greater proportion of proteine compounds than the finest wheaten flour. An analysis of a sample of oatmeal gave 13 per cent. of nitrogenous material, 60-70 per cent. of heat givers, and 3 per cent. of mineral matter. It is a strong food, and requires much cooking in order to burst its starch cells; the longer it is cooked the more digestible it becomes.