GEL'ATIN, noun [Latin gelo, to congeal, to freeze.] A concrete animal substance, transparent, and soluble slowly in cold water, but rapidly in warm water. With tannin, a yellowish white precipitate is thrown down from a solution of gelatin which forms and elastic adhesive mass, not unlike vegetable gluten, and is a compound of tannin and gelatin GEL'ATIN
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