Thesaurus / bolus
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How to use bolus in a sentence
Experience is the grand spiritual Doctor; and with him Teufelsdrockh has now been long a patient, swallowing many a bitter bolus.
SARTOR RESARTUSTHOMAS CARLYLENor shall I tarry at the palace for the physician, but go straight on without bolus, simples or pills, a very Mercury for speed.
UNDER THE ROSEFREDERIC STEWART ISHAMOrdered a bolus with rhubarb and calomel, to be taken in the morning, and ℥ii.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USESWILLIAM WITHERINGNature, tenderest of leeches,—no bolus of hers is pleasanter medicament than her ruddy strawberries.
MOUNT RAINIERVARIOUSAs she had often done in her late illness, Zenobia opened her mouth at the word of command, and swallowed the infernal bolus.
SHORT SIXESH. C. BUNNERThe food, which is made into a bolus, is moved down to the middle region of the gut, and there digestion takes place.
THE ORIGIN OF VERTEBRATESWALTER HOLBROOK GASKELLWith a little silver spoon he took some dark-looking confection out of the jar, made a bolus of it, and gave it to me.
AT THE COURT OF THE AMRJOHN ALFRED GRAYThe foreigner cannot refuse the bolus thus artfully forced down his throat.
THE INVENTION OF A NEW RELIGIONBASIL HALL CHAMBERLAINI gulped down this bolus of conscience with the help of a draught of wine, and it did me good.
THE FROZEN PIRATEW. CLARK RUSSELLIf I were you, I would send to your brother Quinn for a bolus to clear your brain.'
A THIN GHOST AND OTHERSM. R. (MONTAGUE RHODES) JAMESWORDS RELATED TO BOLUS
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