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Nitrile

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nitrile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nitrile.html. 1828.