camphire

British  

/ ˈkæmfaɪə /

noun

1. an archaic name for henna henna

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Example Sentences

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

From the remote islands of the Indian Ocean a large provision of camphire had been imported, which is employed with a mixture of wax to illuminate the palaces of the East.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

Amongst other remedies, also, was a medicine composed of cinnabar and musk, an East Indian specific, and one of powdered Virginian snake-root, gum asafoetida, and gum camphire, mixed and taken as a bolus.

From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie

The principal exports by the port of Calcutta are piece goods, opium, raw silk, indigo, rice, sugar, cotton, grain, saltpetre, &c.: the principal imports are woollen goods, copper, wine, pepper, spices, tea, nankeen, camphire, &c.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

I'm goin' over to Eunice's," she said, "and I'm goin' to take my bottle of camphire.

From The Village Watch-Tower by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith