Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liquor prepared from powdered black pepper, used in microscopical observations.
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Examples
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The people wash and anoint these wounds with palm oil: a hot bath, with pepper-water, if there be no rum, gives more relief, and caustic must sometimes be used.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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The little eels in vinegar, and the animalcules in pepper-water, I believe, are quarrelsome.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Seward, William H 1849
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The little eels in vinegar, and the animalcules in pepper-water, I believe, are quarrelsome.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States William Henry Seward 1836
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a hot bath, with pepper-water, if there be no rum, gives more relief, and caustic must sometimes be used.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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