Calomel

3 definitions found

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

  Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[ae]}. [L., an eagle.]
     1. (Zool.) A genus of eagles.
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     2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
        Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.


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     {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
        {calomel}. --Brande & C.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), n. [Gr. kalo`s
     beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white,
     though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive
     sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.)
     Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or
     yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used
     in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride.
     It occurs native as the mineral {horn quicksilver}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calomel
       n : a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
           [syn: {mercurous chloride}]