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  • Turpentine, which is used to thin out the paint and to make it dry more quickly.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • From our English Pines, if their stems be wounded, the oleo-resin known as Turpentine, can be procured.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • 'Turpentine' is an excellent diuretic and antispasmodic; it is also a most effectual sweating blister and highly useful in strains.

    The Dog William Youatt 1811

  • Turpentine work in forests did not use this gang system.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • John was sold to a business, A & J.R. Grist, a father and son "Turpentine Farm" business headquartered in Washington, Beaufort Co.,

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • A few Stems of Asparagus eaten, shall give our Urine a disagreeable Odour; and a Pill of Turpentine no bigger than a Pea, shall bestow on it the pleasing Smell of Violets.

    Chris Rodda: To the United States Marine Corps -- re: Farting in Afghanistan Chris Rodda 2011

  • John was sold to a business, A & J.R. Grist, a father and son "Turpentine Farm" business headquartered in Washington, Beaufort Co.,

    John 2010

  • Turpentine was obtained from the living tree by wounding the tree and collecting the resin in a cup cut in the base of the trunk.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • Turpentine work in forests did not use this gang system.

    John 2010

  • Turpentine was obtained from the living tree by wounding the tree and collecting the resin in a cup cut in the base of the trunk.

    John 2010

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