Word Meanings - STAVESACRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of larkspur , and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

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• EMETIC
  Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.
• POISON CUP
  1. A cup containing poison. 2. A cup that was supposed to break on having poison put into it.
• POISONSOME
  Poisonous. Holland.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PURGATIVELY
  In a purgative manner.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PARASITICIDE
  Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.
• EMETICAL
  Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
• LARKSPUR
  A genus of ranunculaceous plants , having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur has two petals bearded with yellow
• POISON BUSH
  Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as Oxylobium, Gompholobium, etc. The plant Myoporum deserti, often distinguished as Ellangowan poison bush or
• POISON
  potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught, fr. potare to 1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of
• VIOLENTLY
  In a violent manner.
• POISONER
  One who poisons. Shak.
• SEEDSMAN
  1. A sower; one who sows or scatters seed. The seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. Shak. 2. A person who deals in seeds.
• POISONABLE
  1. Capable of poisoning; poisonous. "Poisonable heresies." Tooker. 2. Capable of being poisoned.
• PURGATIVE
  Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic. -- n.
• POISONOUS
  Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. Shak. -- Poi"son*ous*ly, adv. -- Poi"son*ous*ness, n.
• EMPOISONMENT
  The act of poisoning. Bacon.
• ANTEMETIC
  Tending to check vomiting. -- n.
• IMPOISONER
  A poisoner. Beau. & Fi.
• IMPOISONMENT
  The act of poisoning or impoisoning. Pope.
• EMPOISON
  To poison; to impoison. Shak.
• EMPOISONER
  Poisoner. Bacon.