| 单词 | pennyroyal water |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspennyroyal water pennyroyal water n. now rare a liquid obtained by distillation from the leaves of pennyroyal, formerly used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific barley waterc1320 oak-water?1523 hydrelaeon?1550 plantain-water1588 lily-water1599 napha water1600 cowslip-water1612 water of magnanimity1659 succory water1670 lime-water1682 onion-water1694 pennyroyal water1699 balm-water1712 forge-water1725 laurel-water1731 aqua mirabilis1736 tar-water1740 milk of lime1784 laurel-cherry water1787 fly-water1815 herb-water1886 1699 tr. Etmullerus Abridg'd 501 Take of the Water of Piony Flowers two Ounces, Pennyroyal-water an Ounce. 1761 T. Ford in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 629 [She] took a cup with pennyroyal water in her own hand. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 132 Pennyroyal water was formerly much distilled as an antidote to spasmodic, nervous, and hysterical affections. 1992 C. Hardyment Home Comfort iii. 44 Orange, wormwood, lavender, cinnamon, pennyroyal and strawberry water were all made by bruising the leaves of flowers and then infusing them. < as lemmas |
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