boracic, a.
(bɒˈræsɪk)
[f. borax + -ic.]
1. Chem. Of the nature of, pertaining to, or derived from borax. boracic acid is now in systematic nomenclature boric acid.
| 1801 Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XCII. 58 A white glittering salt..resembling the concrete boracic acid. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 152 Boracic or Boric Acid. 1880 MacCormac Antisept. Surg. 149 Boracic lint, or some similar application. |
2. Rhyming slang (in full boracic lint) for ‘skint’, penniless.
| 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder viii. 56 ‘You boracic?’ she asked.—She meant boracic lint—skint. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry x. 87 Current now..especially round London, is I'm boracic from boracic lint = skint (penniless), a shortening unknown a few years ago. 1984 D. Raymond He died with his Eyes Open xix. 97 ‘He's boracic,’ said someone. ‘He's out grafting.’ |