Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound of sulphur with another element or radical, forming a sulphid which contains two atoms of sulphur to one atom of the other member of the compound: as, carbon bisulphid, CS2.
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Examples
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For you will never use it again except it be for carbon-bisulphid work.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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That rather dangerous carbon bisulphid is the medicine for this trouble.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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A timely up-to-date book on the practical application of the new methods for destroying insects with hydrocyanic acid gas and carbon bisulphid, the most powerful insecticides ever discovered.
Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan
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For the expulsion of the worms the use of carbon bisulphid in gelatin capsules, 2 to 5 grams, according to the size of the patient, for five days, followed by magnesium sulphate the sixth day, has been recommended.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The next day give 3 drams of carbon bisulphid in a gelatin capsule at 6 o'clock, repeat the dose at 7 o'clock, and again at 8 o'clock, making a total of
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Owing to the difficulty and danger in the administration of carbon bisulphid in capsule, it is advisable to call in a veterinarian.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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_Treatment_ for the removal of this worm consists in the use of anthelmintics such as tartar emetic, turpentine, and carbon bisulphid, but as these remedies are essentially poisons intended to kill the worm, and as their use by persons unused to determining conditions unfavorable for their use is dangerous and likely to result in the death of the animal or in permanent injury to the kidneys or other organs, it is advisable to call in a veterinarian in such cases.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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