Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils. bullfroghrr. From Wordnik.com. [From The Tips Box: App Purchases, Paragraphs, To-Do Time Limits | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Apply "Quick Stop" powder or styptic to stop bleeding. From Wordnik.com. [A Guide to First Aid for Pets] Reference
But I waited while he dabbed at the cut with styptic powder. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers for Algernon]
I was well already, on taking the styptic from her dear hands. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Sassacus, who had meanwhile had a styptic applied to his wound. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
Makes sense, I suppose, since it's also used in styptic pencils. From Wordnik.com. [From The Tips Box: App Purchases, Paragraphs, To-Do Time Limits | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
The Sloe has been employed as a styptic ever since the time of Dioscorides. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
He regarded its styptic power as partly mechanical and partly physiological. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
But I wonder whether you could affix a styptic pencil to the contraption, too. From Wordnik.com. [Now people who can't bend over can still shave their legs] Reference
Verbal styptic charms were much in vogue among the Irish people in early times. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
“Hurák:” burnt rag, serving as tinder for flint and steel, is a common styptic. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The root has a styptic bitter taste ; the leaves and flowers are bitter and mucilaginous. From Wordnik.com. [This is what I was trying to photograph at midnight, in the moonlight.] Reference
They want shaved faces, preferably with little pieces of toilet paper stuck to them or the faint aroma of a styptic pencil. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood heartthrobs come to dinner (now if they would only leave)] Reference
This styptic, I am told by Mr.R. B. Sharpe, of the British Museum, was long supposed to be peculiar to Malta; hence its pre-Linnaean name. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
They're not septic pencils, they're styptic pencils. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
If the nail is bleeding, apply styptic powder to the area. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
This also yields a styptic oil similar to that afforded by the E. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Again the flow of words is checked by the styptic previously applied. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
But a single drop of the styptic, another little patch that would make. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
Now, a little gold ointment to heal the wound; it is a first-rate styptic. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
It is also styptic, and when applied in plasters is used in curing ulcers. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
The oil obtained from the plant possesses extraordinary styptic properties. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
It is styptic and astringent, and the resin is used as an ointment in piles. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
"Hurák:" burnt rag, serving as tinder for flint and steel, is a common styptic. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
They call it Mohur: powdered and sprinkled dry on a wound, it acts as a styptic. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Though little used in modern medicine, the bulb has diuretic and styptic properties. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
Epilepsy, and as a styptic in dentistry in addition to the treatment of worm infections. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Cold acts as a powerful styptic, and may generally be made available for arresting hemorrhage. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Coburn defends the Party of No; Durbin blasts "styptic-hearted Republicans;" Update: Video added. From Wordnik.com. [PA Pundits - International] Reference
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