woorali

[ woo-rah-lee ]

noun

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How to use woorali in a sentence

  • M. Thiercelin, the inventor of this poison, composes it by mixing a salt of strychnine with one-twentieth of woorali.

    The Art of Travel | Francis Galton
  • How could he, indeed, he observed, find the materials for concocting the woorali poison into which to dip the point of his darts?

    The Wanderers | W.H.G. Kingston
  • The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.

    The Wanderers | W.H.G. Kingston
  • Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.

    Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew
  • woorali is extremely volatile, for one thing, and evaporates rapidly.

    Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew

British Dictionary definitions for woorali

woorali

/ (wʊˈrɑːlɪ) /


noun
  1. a less common name for curare

Origin of woorali

1
C18: from the native S American name

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