castoreumn.
/kaˈstɔːriːəm/ = castor n.1 2.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxix. 1174 Castorium helpeþ aȝens many siknesses.
1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. C iv Anoynte the eares, eyes and nodle with myrth, storax, Castoreum.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §692 The parts of Beasts putrified (as Castoreum and Musk).
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6136 The art of driving away and sinking Whales by Castoreum.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxviii. 332 The castoreum contained in a gland of the beaver.
Compounds
castoreum oil, castoreum resin, chemical products of castoreum.
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1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 815 Castoreum-oil, obtained by distilling castoreum with water, is pale yellow.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 815 Castoreum resin is obtained by evaporating the mother-liquor of castorin.
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