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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piperazine  \Pi*per"a*zine\,  n.  Also  -zin  \-zin\  .  [Piperidine  + 
  azote  +  -ine.]  (Chem.) 
  A  crystalline  substance,  {(C2H4NH)2},  formed  by  action  of 
  ammonia  on  ethylene  bromide,  by  reduction  of  pyrazine,  etc 
  It  is  a  strong  base,  and  is  used  as  a  remedy  for  gout. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyrazine  \Pyr"a*zine\,  n.  Also  -zin  \-zin\  .  [Pyridine  +  Gr  ? 
  not  +  ?  life.]  (Org.  Chem.) 
  A  feebly  basic  solid,  {C4H4N2},  obtained  by  distilling 
  piperazine  with  zinc  dust,  and  in  other  ways.  Also  by 
  extension,  any  of  various  derivatives  of  the  same 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Zin 
  a  low  palm-tree,  the  south-eastern  corner  of  the  desert  et-Tih, 
  the  wilderness  of  Paran,  between  the  Gulf  of  Akabah  and  the  head 
  of  the  Wady  Guraiyeh  (Num.  13:21).  To  be  distinguished  from  the 
  wilderness  of  Sin  (q.v.). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Zin,  buckler;  coldness 
 




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