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‖ Euphorbium|juːˈfɔːrbɪəm|
Also 4 euf-, eufforbium.
[a. L. euphorbeum = euphorbea.]
†1. = Euphorbia. Obs.
1607Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. ii. (1605–7) iii. 67 His Shield..freng'd about with sprigs of Scammonie, And of Euphorbium, forged cunningly. 1626Bacon Sylva (1631) §639 Euphorbium also hath a Milke..not very white, which is of a great Acrimony. 1712E. Cook Voy. S. Sea 326 The Trees I observ'd here, were Lignum Vitæ, Birch..Euphorbium. 1767J. Abercrombie Ev. Man his own Gard. (1803) 130 Succulent kinds..such as..euphorbiums.
2. A gum resin obtained from certain succulent species of Euphorbia. It is an extremely acrid substance, formerly used as an emetic and purgative. The powder causes violent sneezing.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 43 To drie bodies he muste be medlid wiþ a litil euforbium [printed enforbium]. c1530Hickscorner in Hazl. Dodsley I. 178 He..spake To a prentice for a penny-worth of euphorbium. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xvi, Another [pocket] he had all full of Euphorbium very finely pulverised..shaking it [his handkerchief] hard at their nose [he] made them sneeze for foure hours without ceasing. 1760Willis in Phil. Trans. LI. 663 She took..two ounces of the tincture of euphorbium. 1860Sir W. Hooker & Arnott Brit. Flora 291 Euphorbia officinarum, antiquorum and canariensis give the euphorbium of the shops. |