can be worked up more profitably than in making artificial adipocere.
Hatchettine or rock-fat is sometimes called ‘adipocere’; and bog-butter is a substance nearly similar to it.
AD′JECTIVE. Syn. Adjecti′vus, L.; Adjectif, Fr. In dyeing, depending on another, or on something else; applied to those colours which require a base or mordant to render them permanent. See Dyeing.
AD′JUVANT. [Eng., Fr.] Syn. Ad′juvans, L.; Aidant, &c., Fr. Assistant; helping. (As a substantive—) In prescriptions, see Prescribing (Art of).
ADULTERATION. Strictly speaking, this term ought only to be applied to the practice of adding substances to articles of commerce, food or drink, for the purposes of deception or gain, but a wider interpretation is frequently placed on the word than the definition given by magistrates and analysts, these latter often regarding accidental impurity, or even, in some instances, actual substitution as acts of adulteration.
The following definition of an adulterated substance has been adopted by the Society of Public Analysts—
A substance shall be deemed to be adulterated—
A. In the ease of food or drink:
1. If it contain any ingredient which may render such article injurious to the health of a consumer.
2. If it contain any substance that sensibly increases its weight, bulk, or strength, or gives it a fictitious value, unless the amount of such substance present be due to circumstances necessarily appertaining to its collection or manufacture, or be necessary for its preservation, or unless the presence thereof be acknowledged at the time of sale.