gum ammoniac

American  

noun

1. a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.

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gum ammoniac British  

noun

1. another name for ammoniac 2

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Etymology

Origin of gum ammoniac

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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gum ammoniac

He took chrystals of tartar, seneka, gum ammoniac, saline draughts, emetics, tinct. of cantharides, spirits of nitre dulcified, squills in all forms, volatile alkaly, calomel, Dover's powder, &c.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Digital. made into pills, with gum ammoniac and aromatic species, soon relieved his breathing.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Saffron, asafoetida, and the gum ammoniac plant, are indigenous in parts of it.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

This gum is used for similar purposes as gum ammoniac and assafœtida.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Take of garlic two cloves, of gum ammoniac, one drachm; blend them by bruising together.

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.