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anatase (iou) and sherbet (medicine)


anatase (iou)



anatase noun. E19.
[French from Greek anatasis extension, formed as ANA- + teinein to stretch: with allus. to the length of the crystals.]
Mineralogy. One of the tetragonal forms of titanium dioxide (cf. RUTILE), found usu. as brown dipyramidal crystals.

sherbet (medicine)


sherbet


1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.

2. A flavored water ice.

3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc, variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; called also sherbet powder.

Origin: Ar. Sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink.

Source: Websters Dictionary