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- noun archaic
Jesuit's bark
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Examples
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Others by the continued use of quinquina, which is always effective.
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Others by the continued use of quinquina, which is always effective.
The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790
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His generosity to the poor was very great, and although his income was small, he daily distributed among them bread, money, and even remedies, such as quinquina, then newly discovered, which the people at Rome used for a time to call Lugo's powder.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Poison grows by the side of the efficacious quinquina in America.
Candide 2007
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It is also shown that quinquina contains a portion of tannin which is powerful enough to close the cells which contain grease.
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I think that after the first month of any regimen, the person who wishes to get rid of fat, should take every day before breakfast, a glass of white wine, in which was placed a spoonful of coffee and red quinquina.
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These two ideas, the truth of which any one may understand, induce me to recommend quinquina to all those who wish to get rid of troublesome embonpoint.
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Rational theory is not opposed to this deduction, for quinquina, exciting all the vital powers, may give the circulation an impetus which troubles all, and dissipates, the gas destined to become fat.
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Those of the second, lost their embonpoint, a circumstance which leaves me to think the quinquina which produced the last result had the effect I speak of.
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Meantime, the examinador, who had pushed forward with his men, returned with a couple more specimens of quinquina, which they had discovered close by in clambering amongst the forest.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various
chained_bear commented on the word quinquina
A French cocktail; seen here, last paragraph.
June 3, 2009