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† ˈprussin Chem. Obs. Also -ine. [f. Pruss-ian a. 2 + -ine5 (as in chlorine, etc.).] An early name for cyanogen, CN (or a polymer of it), as a derivative of Prussian blue.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 247/1 Cyanogen..is a gaseous compound sometimes termed Prussine or Prussine gas. 1866–8Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 742 Prussin, or Prussian, a name applied by Graham to a hypothetical radicle, C3N3= Cy3 or Pr, polymeric with cyanogen, which may be supposed to exist in the ferro- and ferricyanides. |