| 释义 |
‖ urari|ʊˈrɑːrɪ|
Also urary, urare; ourari, oorara.
[See curare, and cf. urali, oorali, woorali.]
(See quots. 1859, 1866.)
α1838in Annals Nat. Hist. (1841) VII. 417 The whole of the Urary is poured by degrees through the small funnel. 1876Daily News 21 June 2 The prohibition of the use of urari as an anæsthetic.
β1859A. S. Taylor On Poisons (ed. 2) 771 The poison known under the name of..Woorali, Oorara, and Curara. 1866Treas. Bot. 1106 Strychnos toxifera also yields a frightful poison called Ourari.., employed by the natives of Guiana.
b. attrib. and Comb., as urari-house, urari-maker, urari poison; urari bark, bark of the urari plant, Strychnos toxifera.
1838in Annals Nat. Hist. (1841) VII. 416, I was fortunate enough in purchasing a quake or basket of Urary bark. Ibid., The much-famed Urary poison. Ibid. 417 Other fire than that made by the Urary-maker is not allowed to come under the roof of the Urary-house. 1841Ibid. 415 The pure bark of the Urari plant, Strychnos toxifera. 1862Miller Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2) 502 The Urari or woorara poison of South America. |