n.[ L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree. ] (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The fruit of these trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. --
Sorb tree, the wild service tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sorbate. See Sorbic. ] (Chem.) A salt of sorbic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sorbere to suck in, absorb + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] (Med.) Producing absorption. -- n. A medicine or substance which produces absorption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck in, to absorb. ] An absorbent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See Sherbet. ] A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sorbique. See Sorb. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;CO&unr_;H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sorbilis, fr. sorbere to suck in, to drink down. ] Fit to be drunk or sipped. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sorbus service tree. ] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. -- Sor*bit"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. sorbitio. ] The act of drinking or sipping. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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