Coridine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coridine \Co"ri*dine\ (k?"r?-d?n; 104), n. [From L. cortium
     leather.]
     A colorless or yellowish oil, {C10H15N}, of a leathery odor,
     occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc.,
     regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also,
     one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a


     type. [Written also {corindine}.]
     [1913 Webster]