b. From almond-paste, honey, white potash-soap, and glycerin, of each. 1 oz.; yelk of 1 egg; oil of almonds, 1⁄2 pint (holding in solution—); essential oil of almonds, 1 dr.; balsam of Peru, 1⁄2 dr.
Uses, &c. To whiten and soften the skin, and to prevent it chapping. A small portion, about half the size of a filbert, with a few drops of warm water, produces a very white and rich lather, with which the hands and face are lightly rubbed, and the skin, in a short time, gently wiped with a small napkin, whilst the water on it is still milky.
The manufacture of AMANDINE is a matter of some difficulty and labour. The details essential to success are given under Emulsines. It is sometimes coloured, which is done by infusing or dissolving in the oil, before using it, a little—spinach-leaves, for GREEN; and palm-oil, or annatto, for YELLOW and ORANGE. A beautiful SCARLET or CRIMSON tinge may be given to it by a little liquid rouge or carmine (ammoniacal), added just before removing it from the mortar. See Emulsines, Olivine, Paste,
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AMANI′TA MUSCA′′RIA. The fly-agaric or fly-mushroom. See Agaric.
AMANITINE. Syn. Amanitina, L. The name given by Letellier to the poisonous principle of amani′ta muscaria, and some other species of fungi. It is brown, uncrystallisable, and soluble.
AMARA. [L.] In medicine and pharmacology, the bitter tonics.
AMARANTH. Syn. Amaranth′us, L.; Amarante, Fr. The flower love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus—Linn.). In poetry, an imaginary flower that never fades. (Milton.) In chromatics, a colour inclining to purple.
AMARYTH′RINE. A bitter principle found, in certain lichens, associated with erythrine (which see).
AMASI. This, the native name given by the natives of Central Africa to sour milk, which they prepare by adding to the new milk, a small quantity of milk previously allowed to become sour. The milk thus acidified is considered by them far more wholesome than new milk.