GELATINE
\d͡ʒˈɛlɐtˌiːn], \dʒˈɛlɐtˌiːn], \dʒ_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_t_ˌiː_n]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [French, Spanish, Italian, Latin] An animal substance or organic tissue, soluble in hot water, and congealing into a tremulous jelly. It exists almost pure in the skins of some fish, and from the boiling of these is formed ising-glass; from the boiling of hoofs, &c. is formed, glue; and from the boiling of hides, &c. is formed size.
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