Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bile

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bile


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(1):

(n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile.

(2):

(n.) A boil.

(3):

(n.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.