wourali
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The arrows are tipped with the far-famed wourali poison, which quickly kills any animal they wound.
From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.
Having now reached the Portuguese inland frontier and collected a sufficient quantity of the wourali poison, nothing remains but to give a brief account of its composition, its effects, its uses and its supposed antidotes.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
The wourali poison is made chiefly by the natives of the northern part of the Amazonian valley.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
A quantity of the strongest Indian red pepper was lastly added; and as the ingredients boiled, more of the juice of the wourali was poured in as was required.
From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.
The Indians in the just-mentioned settlement seemed to depend more on the wourali poison for killing their game than upon anything else.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
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