The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
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An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposur…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology.the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc.
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The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A rude, rustic man; a churl.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.To drudge; to toil laboriously.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: astringent, narcotic, drug, dried, leaves.
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