rheuminn.
/ˈruːmɪn/, U.S. /ˈrumɪn/ Chemistry. Now disused.
= rhein n. 1.
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vegetable acid1698
rhein1827
igasuric acid1830
rheumin1832
rheic acid1838
strychnic acid1840
1832 H. Reid Outl. Med. Bot. ii. 255 There are three kinds of rhubarb... Its virtues are said to be dependent on a peculiar principle called rheumine.
1850 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1849 9 748 It [sc. rhubarb] contains Rhein. (Syn. Rhabarbaric acid, Rhubarb Yellow, Rheumin.)
1906 H. W. Felter & J. U. Lloyd King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 19) I. 46 This coloring matter had been known under the names of rheine, rheumine, rhabarberic acid, rhubarb yellow, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1832- to throw cast a stone or stones at
- to throw caution to the wind
- to throw caution to the winds
- to throw chuck one's weight about or around
- to throw chuck, in the towel
- to throw cold water on
- to throw death
- to throw discredit on
- to throw discredit upon
- to throw down
- to throw down one's arms
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- to throw down one's etc
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- to throw down the gauntlet
- to throw dust in the eyes of
- to throw etc one's weight about or around
- to throw everything at
- to throw everything into
- to throw fire
- to throw fling) in a person's face
- to throw fling) something in a person's face
- to throw good money after bad
- to throw in
- to throw in a person's way