Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An old form of camphor.
- n. In the authorized version of the Bible (Cant. i. 14, iv. 13), a faulty rendering of the Hebrew name of the henna-plant, Lawsonia alba.
Wiktionary
- n. the fragrant henna flower (or plant): Lawsonia alba
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An old spelling of camphor.
Examples
“The juice, of which the camphire is made, runs out from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it grows to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; and the juice being thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.”
“The juice of which the camphire is made exudes from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it thickens to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; after the juice is thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.”
“The juice, of which the camphire is made, exudes from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it thickens to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; after the juice is thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.”
“The spikenard was for the banquet (So 1: 12); the myrrh was in her bosom continually (So 1: 13); the camphire is in the midst of natural beauties, which, though lovely, are eclipsed by the one cluster, Jesus”
“The word translated camphire is copher, the same word that signifies atonement or propitiation.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
“They contain tannin, and a resinous camphire, which is common to most of the mints affording essential oils.”
“I have heard of the use of local stimulants, such as camphire and ammonia -- how I longed for the sweet revenge of holding a bottle of aqua ammonia under that Roman nose!”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
“There can be no doubt that "camphire" is the Lawsonia alba of botanists, the henna of Arabian naturalists.”
“He knew just the cost of Major Broad's scarlet cloak and shoe-buckles, and how Mrs. Major had a real Ingy shawl up in her "camphire" trunk, that cost nigh as much as Lady Lothrop's.”
“hot drops," and ruled paper to write letters on, and a little Bible, and a phial with hiera picra, and another with paregoric, and another with "camphire" for sprains and bruises.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘camphire’.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Words I learned whilst slogging throu...
Ivanhoe is a book by Sir Walter Scott. It was written in 1819, is set in 12th-century England, and is an example of historical fiction.
murrain, voluptuary, conventual, jennet, palfrey, mitre, obdurate, banderole, baldric, fetlock, panoply, obeisance and 48 more...
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chained_bear alt. spelling of camphor. Usage on antimonial. Mar 16, 2008