Toxine, Toxin n. A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as tetrodotoxin.
... was the son of a father who opposed tyranny in earlier days, who sounded the toxin for liberty."—Express ... — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919 • Various
... ear to the appeal. It shut the book out from its borders as far as it could, and one who inquired for it in a Southern bookstore would probably be offered Aunt Phillis's Cabin or some other mild literary anti-toxin. The South protested that the book's picture of slavery was untrue and unjust. It was monstrous, so they said, that their labor system should be shown as having its natural result in the whipping to death of a saintly negro for his virtuous conduct. ... — The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam
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