† verdicadj.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
(See quots.)
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1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 1198 Verdic Acid.—This acid was extracted by Runge from several of the Umbelliferæ and Plantagineæ, &c., but chiefly from the root of the Scabiosa succisa.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 256/1 Runge states that he found by analysis that verdic acid contains one equivalent of oxygen more than the verdous acid.
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adj.1836- to turn a etc like a welshman's hose
- to turn a matter into a joke
- to turn a nelson's eye to
- to turn a new page
- to turn a page
- to turn a penny
- to turn a person footloose
- to turn a person on his or her ear
- to turn a person on the toe
- to turn a person out of commons
- to turn a person round one's finger
- to turn a person round one's little finger
- to turn a person the back
- to turn a person's blood to etc
- to turn a person's blood to gall
- to turn a person's blood to ice
- to turn a person's blood to poison
- to turn a person's blood to water
- to turn a person's brain
- to turn a person's head
- to turn a person's heart
- to turn a person's stomach
- to turn a profit
- to turn a sheet sides to middle
- to turn a sock