slippery-elm

While boasting nothing of the variety to be found in Raymond's Paris emporium, Mr. Haugh did a sound trade in horse chestnuts and slippery-elm bark, and usually was able to provide me with peppermint and barberry, as well.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

Iza inserted the slippery-elm stick, and Ayla's birth waters gushed out, bringing on another contraction.

The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980

Put a teaspoonful of powdered slippery-elm into a tumbler, pour cold water upon it, and season with lemon and sugar.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette

To relieve the cough, if troublesome, flax seed tea, or infusion of slippery-elm bark, with a little lemon juice to render more palatable, will be of benefit.

Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis

To make a drink of slippery-elm, shave the bark fine and put it in water; strain it, mix it with milk, and sweeten it.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

To relieve the cough, if troublesome, flax seed tea, or infusion of slippery-elm bark, with a little lemon juice to render more palatable, will be of benefit.

Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage B.G. Jefferis

In making this change, the "slippery-elm editor," as

A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

He thrust the body forward with his foot, close to one of the great "stands" of the mixture, and bade an appreciative assistant apply the ax to the slippery-elm hoops that bound the staves.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

The women's hair is made very stiff and shiny by a paste prepared from a wood which resembles the slippery-elm.

The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various

On the door is a slippery-elm button, and within, hanging on wooden pegs, are dainty dresses; stiff, curiously embroidered gowns they are, that came from across the sea, sent, perhaps, by John Adams when he went to France, and left Abigail here to farm and sew and weave and teach the children.

Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916