boracic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of boracic
Example Sentences
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Small amounts of boracic acid can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, but worse, it was what borax concealed that was particularly dangerous.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2013
He fed them on advertised foods that contained boracic acid, sulfates, benzoates, formaldehyde; he watched their cheeks grow lean, their temples hollow, their skins turn the color of whey.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little talcum powder, French chalk, or powdered boracic acid dusted on the table makes the stock handle easier.
From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David
Recently, aurists are employing finely-triturated powder of boracic acid dusted into the ear.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Such solvents are boracic acid, borax, phosphate of soda, phosphoric acid, &c.:—the one chiefly employed by M. Ebelman is boracic acid.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
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