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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1850 any of three isomeric amino derivatives of toluene C₇H₉N that are analogous to aniline and are used as dye intermediates

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Toluidine To*lu"i*dine, n. (Chem.) Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.