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

Lady B. Here, here, let's see—the hartshorn drops—Gipsey, a glass of fair water, his fit's very strong.—Bless me, how his hands are clenched!

From The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts by Farquhar, George

A little cold water, or hartshorn, would have restored them to consciousness; and their sorrows would in time have become subdued.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

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

Let there be bottles of fine eau de cologne, and camphor and hartshorn, in case of faintings.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza