Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old form of
camphor . - noun In the authorized version of the Bible (Cant. i. 14, iv. 13), a faulty rendering of the Hebrew name of the henna-plant, Lawsonia alba.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old spelling of
camphor .
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- noun the fragrant
henna flower (or plant): Lawsonia alba
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Examples
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The juice, of which the camphire is made, runs out from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it grows to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; and the juice being thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.
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The juice of which the camphire is made exudes from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it thickens to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; after the juice is thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.
The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales Unknown 1889
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The juice, of which the camphire is made, exudes from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it thickens to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; after the juice is thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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The spikenard was for the banquet (So 1: 12); the myrrh was in her bosom continually (So 1: 13); the camphire is in the midst of natural beauties, which, though lovely, are eclipsed by the one cluster, Jesus
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The word translated camphire is copher, the same word that signifies atonement or propitiation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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They contain tannin, and a resinous camphire, which is common to most of the mints affording essential oils.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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I have heard of the use of local stimulants, such as camphire and ammonia -- how I longed for the sweet revenge of holding a bottle of aqua ammonia under that Roman nose!
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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There can be no doubt that "camphire" is the Lawsonia alba of botanists, the henna of Arabian naturalists.
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He knew just the cost of Major Broad's scarlet cloak and shoe-buckles, and how Mrs. Major had a real Ingy shawl up in her "camphire" trunk, that cost nigh as much as Lady Lothrop's.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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"hot drops," and ruled paper to write letters on, and a little Bible, and a phial with hiera picra, and another with paregoric, and another with "camphire" for sprains and bruises.
The Guardian Angel Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
chained_bear commented on the word camphire
alt. spelling of camphor. Usage on antimonial.
March 16, 2008