noun.
Any crude mixture, especially of organic matters, in the form of a thin paste.
noun.
In medicine
noun.
The thick residuum obtained after subjecting certain substances to pressure to extract the fluid parts.
noun.
The grounds which remain after treating a substance with water, alcohol, or any other menstruum.
noun.
A salve of a certain degree of consistence.
noun.
A confection.
noun.
In petrol., the ground-mass or basis of a rock; that part which is amorphous or which has no decidedly individualized contours, so far as can be made out from examination of thin sections with the aid of a microscope.