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Castor (shortened from castor oil) is London Cockney rhyming slang for royal. Castor is Australian slang for good; fine.
Castor oils is London Cockney rhyming slang for royals − the royal family.
Castor oil is London Cockney rhyming slang for royal.
Castor and Pollux is London Cockney rhyming slang for the testicles (bollocks).
Castors (shortened from castor oils) is London Cockney rhyming slang for royals − the royal family.
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The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.
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A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
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The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
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A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
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A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.
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Alt. of Castorite
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Castoreum. See Castoreum.
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An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.
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A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
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A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
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Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.
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Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
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Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
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A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.
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A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and caesia. Called also pollux.
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