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(n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pyridine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pyridine.html. 1828.
 
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