- A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in
which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St.
Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.
- Lose body moisture - Perspiration - Perspire - Saute gently - See-through - of Sweat - To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin;
to perspire.
- A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a
state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by
the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals,
and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.