galbanum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of galbanum
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin; akin to Greek chalbánē, Hebrew chelbenāh
Example Sentences
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The river-horses in the slime trumpeted whenthey saw him comeOdorous with Syrian galbanum and smeared withspikenard and with thyme.
From Ballad of Reading Gaol by Wilde, Oscar
Or use pessaries to provoke the birth; take galbanum dissolved in vinegar, an ounce; myrrh, two drachms, with oil of oat make a pessary.
The more effectually to support his character as a mountebank, Villiers sold mithridate and galbanum plasters: thousands of spectators and customers thronged every day to see and hear him.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
A convenient plaster may also be made of an ounce of pitch, half an ounce of galbanum dissolved in vinegar, one scruple of ammoniac, and a dram and a half of diachylon mixed together.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
A plaster may also be made of sal ammoniac and some galbanum, which well kneaded together and applied, seldom fails of destroying them.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
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