Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A brownish matter obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. It is insoluble in water, but may be dissolved by alcohol.
- n. A black pigment found in the choroid and the epithelial layer of the retina, adjoining the choroid of the eye.
Wiktionary
- n. A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
Etymologies
- Latin fuscus dark-colored, tawny, and -in. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I identified the frightful ingredients masking the mixtures of tannin and powdered carbon with which the fish was embalmed; and I penetrated the disguise of the marinated meats, painted with sauces the colour of sewage; and I diagnosed the wine as being coloured with fuscin, perfumed with furfurol, and enforced with molasses and plaster.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fuscin’.
-
Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fuscin.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.