| 单词 | salt of wormwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmassalt of wormwood c. salt of wormwood, an impure carbonate of potash, obtained from the ashes of wormwood. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > potash gravelled ashes1579 salt of wormwood1617 salt of tartar1646 pearl ash1703 kali1799 pearls1809 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 275 The salt of wormwood is esteemed hot and dry like the hearb. 1666 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 95 Salt of wormwood and juyce of lemmon. 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 277 To four pints of lime-water..I added 20 gr. of salt of wormwood. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 179 An ounce of the bark..with dram a of salt of wormwood. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 95/1. < as lemmas |
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