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A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.

A feebly basic solid, C4H4N2, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same.

A contraction of Against.

See Amongst.

An abbreviation of Beneath.

An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).

An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.

The thalamencephalon.

A publication similar to a magazine{4} but in electronic rather than printed form, maintained as data files on a computer and accessible via the world wide web; sometimes called e-zine (/e/ standing for electronic, as in e-mail.

A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius C/sar, iii. 2.]

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; -- representing the number zero as an Arabic numeral