Definition of "fuscin" []

• A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin. (noun)

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• "I identified the frightful ingredients masking the mixtures of tannin and powdered carbon with which the fish was embalmed; and I penetrated the disguise of the marinated meats, painted with sauces the colour of sewage; and I diagnosed the wine as being coloured with fuscin, perfumed with furfurol, and enforced with molasses and plaster."