camphire
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But let me nevertheless tell you, that camphire, put with moss into your worm-bag with your worms, makes them, if many anglers be not very much mistaken, a tempting bait, and the angler more fortunate.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
In the experiment that the child has just tried, after having separated the camphire from the spirit of wine by precipitation, he may separate the spirit from the water by distillation.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
And they may be kept longer by keeping them cool, and in fresh moss; and some advise to put camphire into it.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
If the child had weighed the camphire, both before and after its solution, he would have found the result nearly the same.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
Liddy, get out the camphire, and Melissy, you haul down a bed to lay her on.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes
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