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Definition of Feculae
1. fecula [n] - See also: fecula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feculae
Literary usage of Feculae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company: Being Curious Reminiscences by William Carey (1907)
"When all the water is drawn off, the sediment or feculae is left to view, covering
the bottom surface of the vat; this is carefully swept, and washed down ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, William Nicholson (1800)
"The ufes of the feculae are very numerous. i. ... The feculae are alfo ufed to
make hair powder; ..."
3. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1803)
"3 In oxygenated muriatic acid, green feculae assume the colour of withered leaves,
the winter livery of vegetable nature, and their tincture renders water ..."
4. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1802)
"... it remained of an earthy grey, and the alcohol was incapable of bleaching it.
Sage, who was well acquainted with feculae, found that they yielded ..."
5. The Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and Colleges by Edwin James Houston (1883)
"Starch consists of minute granules or feculae formed of numerous consecutive layers.
On heating, these feculae burst, causing the granules to swell greatly. ..."
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