camphire

/ (ˈkæmfaɪə) /

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noun

an archaic name for henna (def. 1), henna (def. 2)

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Words nearby camphire

Camp Fire Boy, Camp Fire Girl, camp follower, campground, camphene, camphire, camphol, camphor, camphorate, camphorated oil, camphor ball

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How to use camphire in a sentence

We took shipping at the first port we reached, and touched at the isle of Roha, where the trees grow that yield camphire.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown
This island produces lead mines, Indian canes, and excellent camphire.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown
Fifty thousand drachms of the best wood of aloes, with thirty grains of camphire as big as pistachios.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown
It flameth white and candent like Camphire, but dissolveth not in aqua fortis, like it.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3)|Thomas Browne

Thus Camphire of a white substance, by its fuligo affordeth a deep black.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3)|Thomas Browne