Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Mydaleine

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Mydaleine


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(n.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.