Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A medicinal water distilled from the leaves of the cherrylaurel.
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The same plant, as well as other tender plants, such as the garden pea and kidney bean, when subject to the influence of this acid, quickly wither and die, and the laurel-water has the same effect upon them.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832 Various
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I have found a place for St. John Long, and read the story of his trial for manslaughter with as much interest as the laurel-water case in which John Hunter figured as
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Long, and read the story of his trial for manslaughter with as much interest as the laurel-water case in which John Hunter figured as a witness.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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