Chem. [f. κόλλα glue + εἶδος form + -INE.] See quots.
1855. C. G. Williams, in Chem. Gaz., 308. Collidine is one of the bases discovered by Dr. Anderson in Dippel’s oil, and found a few weeks subsequently by me in shale naphtha.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 1082. Collidine C8 H11 N2 an alkaloid found among the products of the dry distillation of animal substances and of coal…. Collidine is a colourless, oily liquid, having a strongly aromatic, not unpleasant odour.
1884. Manch. Weekly Times, 27 Dec., Suppl. 8/1. Tobacco smoke … contains a second toxical principle called colidine.
