xanthic

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• what's wrong: five pounds xanthic: in the little white box

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  1. Tending toward a yellow color; of or relating to xanthin; yellow, referring to the color of the urine.
  2. Xanthic acid the general name of the esters or ether-acids of thiosulphocarbonic acid, as ethyl xanthic acid, C.SO.C2H5.SH, a heavy, oily liquid with a penetrating smell and a sharp, astringent taste, many of whose salts have a yellow color.
  3. Xanthic calculus a urinary calculus composed in great part of xanthin.
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  • But this night in spring the mag­netic glory of beautiful Saturn—white and striped through the `scope, xanthic-yellow to the naked eye—drew him to aimless staring worship. —  Wonder Story Annual - 1950
  • • what's wrong: five pounds xanthic: in the little white box —  Ivy is here
  • 'fixing' -- i.e. decomposing the xanthic residue -- consists in a short exposure to the boiling saline solution. —  Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
  • On this day, it was ornamental designs engraved on tombstones, xanthic blooms of Magnolia trees, the flight of birds observed from the car, and now nests under a bridge. —  An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
 

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  1. from Greek ξανθός, yellow, + -ic.
 

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