Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A medicinal beverage made from cinnamon-oil and water.
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Examples
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This spirit, mixed with sugar, and an extract of cinnamon, is sold under the name of cinnamon-water.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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If the complaint continue after these means have been employed, some astringent or binding medicine will be required, as the subjoined: — Take of prepared chalk 2 drachms, cinnamon-water 7 oz., syrup of poppies 1 oz.; mix, and take 3 tablespoonfuls every four hours.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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If the complaint continue after these means have been employed, some astringent or binding medicine will be required, as the subjoined: — Take of prepared chalk 2 drachms, cinnamon-water 7 oz., syrup of poppies 1 oz.; mix, and take 3 tablespoonfuls every four hours.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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The surgeon deprecated such proceeding until the patient should have full benefit of his drugs -- bread pills and cinnamon-water.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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This spirit, mixed with sugar, and an extract of cinnamon, is sold under the name of cinnamon-water.
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800
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