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weasel(1) (iou) and Formula (medicine)


weasel(1) (iou)



weasel noun & adjective.
[Old English wesule, wesle, weosule = Middle Low German wesel, wezel, Old High German wisula (German Wiesel), from West Germanic noun of unkn. origin.]
A. noun.
A small carnivorous mustelid mammal, Mustela nivalis, which has a slender brown and white body with a short tail, is noted for its ferocity, and is found in Eurasia and N. America; fig. a treacherous or deceitful person. Also colloq., a stoat. OE.
pop goes the weasel: see POP adverb.
b. With specifying word: any of several Other carnivorous mammals (now chiefly those of the genus Mustela and related genera) that resemble M. nivalis. L18.
A native or inhabitant of S. Carolina. US colloq. M19.
A tracked vehicle capable of travelling over difficult terrain; spec. (a) US Military a light cargo and personnel carrier; (b) a snow tractor. M20.
An equivocal or ambiguous statement or claim, esp. one intended to mislead. M20.
Comb.: weasel-faced adjective having thin sharp features; weasel-lemur a small short-tailed lemur, Lepilemur mustelinus; weasel's snout a cornfield weed with two-lipped pink flowers, Misopates orontium, allied to the snapdragon; weasel word an equivocal or ambiguous word used intentionally to mislead; weasel-worded adjective equivocating, ambiguous.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of a word, statement etc.: equivocating; intentionally ambiguous or misleading. E20.
R. M. Pirsig The whole business seemed..merely a new and pretentious jargon of weasel concepts.
weaselly adjective resembling or characteristic of a weasel; weasel-faced, thin, angular; equivocating, deceitful: M19.
weaselship noun (rare) (a) (with possess. adjective, as
his weaselship etc.) a mock title of respect given to a weasel; (b) the characteristic Nature of a weasel: E18.

Formula (medicine)


formula


Origin: L, dim. Of forma form, model. SeeForm.

1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

2. A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

3. <mathematics> A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.

4. <medicine> A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

5. <chemistry> A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

Chemical formulae consist of the abbreviations of the names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each element contained.

<chemistry> Empirical formula, a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound.

Source: Websters Dictionary