Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline non-poisonous glucoside, C26H32O14 + 9H2O, found in the North American plant Baptisia tinctoria. It melts at 240° C. and gives rhamnose and baptigenin by hydrolysis.
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Examples
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She was nearly grown before she went to a colored church and "baptisin '" and it frightened her to see a person immersed, and come up "shoutin '".
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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River and de baptisin 'wuz done dar for a long time.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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Sis Ellers got drowned at de baptisin 'an' stayed undeh till she blowed up at Vicksbu'g.
Lady Luck Hugh Wiley
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"Well," resumed Matilda, after a pause, "Ma was bent on arguin 'with him, about that, and baptisin' by sprinklin 'or by immersion, and about the lost tribes of Israel, and goodness knows what else.
Master of the Vineyard Myrtle Reed 1892
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