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hartshorn

[hahrts-hawrn] / ˈhɑrtsˌhɔrn /


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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

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

May be cured by shaking together equal parts of olive oil and hartshorn, and rubbing the wound and adjacent parts three or four times a day.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

A little cold water, or hartshorn, would have restored them to consciousness; and their sorrows would in time have become subdued.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

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




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