A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]
It was called the bezoar stone, and was a concretion chiefly of resinous bile and magnesia, and the rest inert vegetable matter. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals] Reference
The bezoar was the symptom, not the cause. From Wordnik.com. [A Funeral In Blue]
A bezoar will neutralize poison in a drinking cup. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
East Isles Gods varies Eiritha Find (bezoar, copper). From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part III] Reference
He grabs a bezoar off the shelf just when time is up. From Wordnik.com. [Lianna Kong: Half-Bloods, House-Elves and Horcruxes: Chapters 16 - 20 of Harry Potter Book 6] Reference
Its a bezoar, MBenga said with a slump of his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
Today the bezoar is considered merely a trophy for hunters. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
Each is acted upon differently, but effectively, by bezoar stones. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
Other magic medicines exist such as aphrodisiacs, and bezoar stones. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The most common and effective of these amulets was the bezoar stone. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
Snape: “Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?”. From Wordnik.com. [Regretsy – Kitty Glitter] Reference
May 8, 2008 at 6:58 am let me axe a test kwesyun to see if teh bezoar werked. From Wordnik.com. [Current time: 7:23 AM - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
For a revolting example of a hairy bezoar you can try Neil Gaiman's Sandman book #3, "Calliope". From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
A rare wild animal with spectacular horns, the bezoar (Capra aegagrus) is the goat's wild ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
On the black market, a bezoar costs about 1000 p. bezoars are typically between 250 and 2000 grams. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
Here is more than you could ever want to know what has been written throughout history on bezoar, or bezar, stones. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
These so called 'Goa Stones' were a mixture of bezoar as well as other precious objects believed to have curative powers. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
The scarcity of bezoar stones by the 17th century led a group of Portuguese Jesuits working in Goa to come up with a man made version. From Wordnik.com. [Weird Stones] Reference
Subsequent laparotomy revealed that the cause of the obstruction was a bezoar. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Both the unicorn's horn and the bezoar stone were sovereign antidotes against poison. From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
At another time Winthrop had sent to him "bezoar stone, mugwort, orgaine, and galingall root.". From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
An ArmeniaNow reporter introduced herself as someone who wants to order a bezoar goat hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Armenianow] Reference
The bezoar, that was found in the heart of the Arabian deer, was a charm that could cure the plague. From Wordnik.com. [The Picture of Dorian Gray] Reference
The bezoar-stone is probably a concretion formed in the intestine from some of the undigested portions of the goat's food. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The substance called "ambergris" (grey amber), valued to-day as a perfume, is a fæcal concretion similar to a bezoar-stone. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
A noise like thunder, a piece of bezoar as large as a rice-bowl. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of China] Reference
(燕窩), saffron crocus (西紅花) and ox bezoar (牛黃), said local reporters. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
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