formic

• And they have cold, formic-acid females, as restless as themselves, and as active about the ant-hill, and as identical with the dried clay of the building. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
• And I chalk up another mark against the ants, who have tortured you with their cold energy and their conscious formic-acid that stings like fire. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
• They attached the nanoparticles to a carbon platform at the anode end of a direct formic-acid fuel cell. —  PBN.com - Latest Stories
• The acids of perspiration (acetic, formic, and butyric) often become so concentrated that they act on the fiber of the fabric In order to test the fabric for resistance, place the sample in a bath of 30 per cent dilute acetic acid (one teaspoonful to a quart of water) warmed to the temperature of the body, 98.6 degrees F. The sample should be dipped a number of times, and then dried without rinsing between parchment paper Fastness against Rain.= Silk and woolen materials for umbrella making, raincoats, etc., are expected to be rainproof. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
• Some, of a large kind, are boiled for the sake of the (formic) acid they contain; and the water when strained is used for vinegar. —  Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"

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