hartshorn

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The second night, I applied a liberal dose of white liniment—Uncle Holt’s own concoction of hartshorn, arnica, witch hazel, camphor gum, eggs, and cider vinegar.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Red tincture of roses, and brown spirits of hartshorn, make a blue.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

The Freiherr lay upon the lounge, his eyes wide open and fixed, while the housekeeper and one of the younger servants were rubbing his forehead and his hands with hartshorn.

From The Eichhofs A Romance by Reichenbach, Moritz von

Of course, he had none, but my eye caught the words, 'spiritus ammoniæ,' or hartshorn, on a bottle.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.

I need no salts for my stomach, no hartshorn for my head, nor wash for my complexion; I can gallop all the morning after the hunting-horn, and all the evening after a fiddle.

From The Recruiting Officer by Farquhar, George