hartshorn

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The second night, I applied a liberal dose of white liniment—Uncle Holt’s own concoction of hartshorn, arnica, witch hazel, camphor gum, eggs, and cider vinegar.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

A curious scent of heliotrope and strong hartshorn was wafted towards him.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

Lady B. Here, here, let's see—the hartshorn drops—Gipsey, a glass of fair water, his fit's very strong.—Bless me, how his hands are clenched!

From The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts by Farquhar, George

With hartshorn in hand, Came Doctor Tom-Tit, Saying, "Really, good sirs, It's only a fit."

From National Rhymes of the Nursery by Various

Gideon procured 21,000 bank-notes, rolled them round a phial of hartshorn, and thus mockingly repaid the loan.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter