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\Nic"o*tine\ (? or ?), n. [F. nicotine. See {Nicotian}.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a
colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an
acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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