woorali

[woo-rah-lee]

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noun

curare.

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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
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

British Dictionary definitions for woorali

woorali

noun

a less common name for curare

Word Origin

C18: from the native S American name

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woorali

Examples from the Web for woorali

Historical Examples

Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.

Woorali is extremely volatile, for one thing, and evaporates rapidly.

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

How could he, indeed, he observed, find the materials for concocting the woorali poison into which to dip the point of his darts?

The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.

woorali

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