camphire
Britishnoun
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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 Maria Edgeworth
In 50,000 drams of the best wood of aloes, with 30 grains of camphire as big as pistachios.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
You may be sure, little lady, it will be as I said; they'll cure me full as quick as camphire.
From Little Folks Astray by Sophie May
Sumatra was examined with great care, and from it they exported tin, pepper, sandal, 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 William Stevenson
We took the first port, and came to the isle of Ropha, where trees grow that yield camphire.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
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