Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or obtained from cinchonica: same as
cinchonic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) See
quinic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
quinic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In combination with these there exists an acid called kinic acid.
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When he had finished eating he took out his little pipe and filled it with "kini-kinic," and commenced to smoke, wondering how the old woman had managed to fool his smart uncles.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux Marie L. McLaughlin
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Around this stone the Indians used to gather, engaged apparently in some religious exercise and in smoking kinni kinic.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
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When he had finished eating he took out his little pipe and filled it with "kini-kinic," and commenced to smoke, wondering how the old woman had managed to fool his smart uncles.
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