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 gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: Ð often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Of course, he had none, but my eye caught the words, 'spiritus ammoniæ,' or hartshorn, on a bottle.
From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton
Red tincture of roses, and brown spirits of hartshorn, make a blue.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
Menie fainted at the grim spectacle, and the mother ran for hartshorn, to recover her daughter.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
