Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
collodion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
collodion .
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- noun Alternative form of
collodion .
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Examples
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Not to speak of Ingeborg Hjelm's being really amiable and distinguee, his heart was now prepared, as a photographer's glass which has received collodium, and took the first girl picture that met it.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian Juhani Aho 1891
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In the first stages of the disease a severe and stiff blister, such as the cantharidate of collodium, entirely covering the cyst, perhaps not yet completely formed, when the inflammation has subsided, will be of great benefit by its stimulating effect, the absorption it may excite, and the pressure which, when dry, it will maintain upon the tumor.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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They had demijohns of brandy and kegs of Port wine; baskets of bottled porter and a dozen of Champagne; vinegar by the gallon and French mustard in patent pots; likewise collodium for healing bruises, and musquito-nets for keeping out snakes.
The Land of Thor 1848
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