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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NARCOTINE

n.The pure narcotic principle of opium.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NARCOTINE

Nar "co *tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.