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Webster 1913 Edition
Aniline
An′i-line
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[See
Anil
.] (Chem.)
An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
An′i-line
,Adj.
Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.