"Extract" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A portion or fragment of a writing. In Scotch law, the certified copy, by a clerk of a court, of the proceedings ln
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the
basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive
principle.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of
a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an
abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
That which is extracted or drawn out.
Extraction; descent.
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a
citation; a quotation.
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the
proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for
execution.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote,
as a passage from a book.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly
from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract
a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the
finger.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out
from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic
virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any
substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is
obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf.
Abstract, v. t., 6.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this …
Read the complete definitionA powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of …
Read the complete definitionAn extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
Read the complete definitionAn intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
Read the complete definitionThe poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-EN/ to copy, quote, draw or extract from. Inadaw da daytoy nga istoria idiay biblia. They extracted this story …
Read the complete definitionalangílan n k. o. medium- to large-sized tree which produces a multitude of fragrant flowers, esp. in May and June: …
Read the complete definitionA white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Read the complete definitionPure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented …
Read the complete definitionalikáti n long-nosed pliers. v [a12] do s.t. with a long-nosed pliers. Gialikáti ang paglarut sa ákung ngípun, My tooth …
Read the complete definitionA dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
Read the complete definitionA glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.
Read the complete definitionA deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
Read the complete definitionapúya n pulpy, fibrous material left after extracting the juice of s.t. Apúya sa amirul nga balanghuy, The pulpy material …
Read the complete definitionA carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Read the complete definitionA poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. …
Read the complete definitionThe first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be …
Read the complete definitionbáang v [A; a] extract starch from the buri palm. () n buri starch.
Read the complete definitionn. pieces of fat from which lard has been extracted.
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