An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Trimming
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a. from Trim, v.The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort ofa party. Jeffrey.Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers areframed; a header. See Header. Knight.
Trimming meaning & definition 1 of Trimming.
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Trimming in Yachting. Adjusting the sails with the sheets to fill or empty them of wind as needed.
Trimming meaning & definition 2 of Trimming.
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Small pieces trimmed off something.
Trimming meaning & definition 3 of Trimming.
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