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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| viscose (ˈvɪskəʊs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane |
| b. (as modifier): viscose rayon | |
| 2. | rayon made from this material |
| —adj | |
| 3. | another word for viscous |
| [C19: from Late Latin viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from viscum birdlime; see | |