Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ox-gall . In a purified and dried condition it is occasionally used in medicine.
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Examples
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" And the woman with a face like a slab of Cro-Magnon bacon regards you with a ripple of recognition on the flat yellow surface of her ox-bile eyes and says, "You mean a missing monkey.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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