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spirits of hartshorn

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noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) another name for aqueous ammonia See ammonium hydroxide

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What could be more opposite than "the self-sequestered, melancholy Gray," and the eager, volatile Walpole, of whom Lady Townshend said, when some one talked of his good spirits, "Oh, Mr. Walpole is spirits of hartshorn."

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

By diluting it with water it becomes the spirits of hartshorn, or ammonia water.

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various

Red tincture of roses, and brown spirits of hartshorn, make a blue.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

Secondly, there are very small quantities of ammonia, or the gas which almost chokes you in smelling-salts, and which, when liquid is commonly called "spirits of hartshorn."

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

For mosquito bites, apply spirits of hartshorn and camphor.

From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott)