hartshorn

Example Sentences

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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

Jews with faces white from exhaustion sat in the anteroom resting and refreshing themselves with a pinch of snuff, or a drop of hartshorn, and a few words of conversation.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

I take them drops, hartshorn and valerian, on a little water, when I feel nervous like.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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