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 GaltonHow 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. KingstonThe first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.
The Wanderers | W.H.G. KingstonBe sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.
Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshewwoorali is extremely volatile, for one thing, and evaporates rapidly.
Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew
British Dictionary definitions for woorali
woorali
/ (wʊˈrɑːlɪ) /
noun
a less common name for curare
Origin of woorali
1C18: from the native S American name
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