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

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

I need no salts for my stomach, no hartshorn for my head, nor wash for my complexion; I can gallop all the morning after the hunting-horn, and all the evening after a fiddle.

From The Recruiting Officer by Farquhar, George

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

Of course, he had none, but my eye caught the words, 'spiritus ammoniæ,' or hartshorn, on a bottle.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.