Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
conine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Same as
conine .
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Examples
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November, from the effects of poison, namely, conia, feloniously administered by one Katherine Marchurst, and the jury, on their oaths, say that the said Katherine Marchurst feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously did murder the said deceased.
Madame Midas 2003
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In the first place, it had been clearly proved by the Government analyst that the deceased had died from effects of conia, which was, as they had been told, the alkaloid of hemlock, a well-known hedge plant which grows abundantly in most parts of Great Britain.
Madame Midas 2003
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Yes, I have not the least doubt on the subject, I detected the conia very soon after the tests were applied.
Madame Midas 2003
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The contents of the bottle had been analysed, and were found identical with the conia discovered in the stomach of the deceased.
Madame Midas 2003
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He had used the usual tests, and found the presence of the alkaloid of hemlock, known under the name of conia.
Madame Midas 2003
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In this case, however, thanks to Dr Gollipeck, who had seen the similarity of the symptoms between the post-mortem appearance of the stomach of Adele Blondet and the present case, the usual tests for conia were applied, and as they had been told by the Government analyst, the result was conia was found.
Madame Midas 2003
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So they could be quite certain that the deceased had died of poison — that poison being conia.
Madame Midas 2003
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The Upas-tiente derives its energetic powers from the alkaloid strychnia; conia is the active principle of hemlock; veratria of hellebore; aconita of monk's hood; and although there are several poisonous plants in which the active principle has not yet been detected, there can be little doubt that such a principle exists, although it has hitherto eluded the researches of the chemist.
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That small portion of Mittelfranken (Fran-conia) which belongs to the, diocese, is overwhelmingly Protestant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Gollipeck, who had seen the similarity of the symptoms between the post-mortem appearance of the stomach of Adele Blondet and the present case, the usual tests for conia were applied, and as they had been told by the Government analyst, the result was conia was found.
Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895
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