glycerineglycerinn.

/ˈɡlɪsərɪn/

/ˈɡlɪsəriːn/

Etymology: modern < Greek γλυκερός sweet + -in suffix¹, -ine suffix⁵ (see quot. 1842 at sense 1).

1. A colourless, sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal and vegetable oils and fats by saponification. Largely used in Medicine as an ointment and emollient dressing, as a vehicle for medicaments, etc. Chemically it is a triatomic alcohol, the hydrate of glyceryl. The name glycerol n. is now preferred in systematic chemical nomenclature.

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glycerine1838

glycerol1884

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 436 Glycerin is evolved, and a fatty acid, which combines with the alkali, and forms the soap.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 169/1 He [Chevreul] also discovered that stearin is composed of stearic acid and a peculiar principle which on account of its sweet taste he named glycerin.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 318 The natural oils and fats are all compounds of glycerine chiefly with palmitic, oleic, or stearic acids.

1868 Q. Rev. No. 248. 347 Another material which was for a long time considered a noxious refuse..is glycerine.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 584 In man no symptoms of poisoning have ever been produced by glycerine.

2. Formerly used as a general name for the group of alcohols of which glycerine is a member.

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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alcohols > [noun] > trihydric alcohols > general name for glycerine type alcohols

glycerine1866

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 315 The glycerines [in later eds. glycerins] of the mono- and dicarbon series have not been prepared; that of the tri-carbon series is best known..; amyl glycerine has also been prepared.

3. Pharmacology. Applied to preparations consisting of a specified substance dissolved or suspended in glycerine.

ΚΠ

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 565 Glycerine of tannin.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 877 Glycerides, Glycerin-ethers, Glyceryl-ethers, Saponifiable Fats..These bodies are the compound ethers of the triatomic alcohol, glycerin.

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 579 Lactic acid (isomeric with glycerin-aldehyde).

1898 Daily News 20 July 9/4 Glycerine makers.

C2.

glycerine tear n. a drop of glycerine used in theatrical make-up to simulate a tear (tear n.¹).

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up > types of

blackface1847

crape hair1866

spirit gum1871

brownface1913

wet-white1922

glycerine tear1934

white-face1947

nose putty1950

nose paste1951

redface1954

yellowface1959

1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 7/1 Cork the glycerine, stop the movie tears.]

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 270 Even synthetic sentiment, the musical equivalent of glycerine tears, is harder to achieve than abstraction.

1969 Listener 13 Nov. 669/1 In a scene where Genevieve Page is producing the required tears with frightening realism, Wilder instructs the make-up man to add to them. ‘Glycerine tears..great big Hollywood false tears...’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	glycerine
释义	glycerineglycerinn. /ˈɡlɪsərɪn//ˈɡlɪsəriːn/ Etymology: modern < Greek γλυκερός sweet + -in suffix¹, -ine suffix⁵ (see quot. 1842 at sense 1). 1. A colourless, sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal and vegetable oils and fats by saponification. Largely used in Medicine as an ointment and emollient dressing, as a vehicle for medicaments, etc. Chemically it is a triatomic alcohol, the hydrate of glyceryl. The name glycerol n. is now preferred in systematic chemical nomenclature. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alcohols > [noun] > trihydric alcohols glycerine1838 glycerol1884 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 436 Glycerin is evolved, and a fatty acid, which combines with the alkali, and forms the soap. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 169/1 He [Chevreul] also discovered that stearin is composed of stearic acid and a peculiar principle which on account of its sweet taste he named glycerin. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 318 The natural oils and fats are all compounds of glycerine chiefly with palmitic, oleic, or stearic acids. 1868 Q. Rev. No. 248. 347 Another material which was for a long time considered a noxious refuse..is glycerine. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 584 In man no symptoms of poisoning have ever been produced by glycerine. 2. Formerly used as a general name for the group of alcohols of which glycerine is a member. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alcohols > [noun] > trihydric alcohols > general name for glycerine type alcohols glycerine1866 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxvi. 315 The glycerines [in later eds. glycerins] of the mono- and dicarbon series have not been prepared; that of the tri-carbon series is best known..; amyl glycerine has also been prepared. 3. Pharmacology. Applied to preparations consisting of a specified substance dissolved or suspended in glycerine. ΚΠ 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 565 Glycerine of tannin. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 877 Glycerides, Glycerin-ethers, Glyceryl-ethers, Saponifiable Fats..These bodies are the compound ethers of the triatomic alcohol, glycerin. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 579 Lactic acid (isomeric with glycerin-aldehyde). 1898 Daily News 20 July 9/4 Glycerine makers. C2. glycerine tear n. a drop of glycerine used in theatrical make-up to simulate a tear (tear n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up > types of blackface1847 crape hair1866 spirit gum1871 brownface1913 wet-white1922 glycerine tear1934 white-face1947 nose putty1950 nose paste1951 redface1954 yellowface1959 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 7/1 Cork the glycerine, stop the movie tears.] 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 270 Even synthetic sentiment, the musical equivalent of glycerine tears, is harder to achieve than abstraction. 1969 Listener 13 Nov. 669/1 In a scene where Genevieve Page is producing the required tears with frightening realism, Wilder instructs the make-up man to add to them. ‘Glycerine tears..great big Hollywood false tears...’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1838
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