资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of
   Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.]
   1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red
      crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is
      used in medicine.

   2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment;
      vermilion.

   {Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum}. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the
      Greeks.] (Med.) Same as {Dragon's blood}.

   {Green cinnabar}, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of
      cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.

   {Hepatic cinnabar} (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a
      liver-brown color and submetallic luster.

Hepatic \He*pat"ic\, a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the liver;
   akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak?t: cf. F. h['e]patique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic
      diseases.

   2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic
      cinnabar.

   3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called
      Hepatic[ae], or scale mosses and liverworts.

   {Hepatic duct} (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or
      one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to
      the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under
      {Digestive}.

   {Hepatic gas} (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.

   {Hepatic mercurial ore}, or {Hepatic cinnabar}. See under
      {Cinnabar}.