The bride's ministry of "myrrh and aloes" is recorded (Joh 19: 39).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

The new list excluded the so-called arborescent (tree-like) species such as aloes, tree ferns and cycads.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"aloes" (q. v.); (3) lot (Gen., xxxvii, 25; xliii, 11), see Ladanum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference

Tiny aloes, such as "Blue Elf," make good ground covers.    From Wordnik.com.  [3 succulents to consider for California gardens] Reference

I remember now I have often seen you groping among the aloes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

A pill of aloes and iron is one of the best that can be given.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Mix tincture of aloes, one ounce; tincture of myrrh, two ounces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference

There were an immense number of aloes in the hedges, many in flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference

"We have searched every inch of the land inside the aloes," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

Tincture of aloes, two ounces; muriated tincture of iron, four drams.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Shrub-style aloes (Aloe speciosa) form colonies 3 or 4 feet tall and wide.    From Wordnik.com.  [3 succulents to consider for California gardens] Reference

This was the century-old hedge of blue aloes which gave the farm its name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

Take of barbadose aloes 1 oz., castile soap 9 drachms, and ginger 6 drachms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Take of aloes, 3 oz.; anise seed, 3 oz.; pulverise and mix with castile soap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

That is why, in Africa, no one likes blue aloes -- they always harbour death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

He brought with him into the library an almost imperceptible scent of burnt aloes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sacrifice] Reference

The bowels should be kept open by some mild catharsis, as castor oil or a pill of aloes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Such purgatives as aloes and Glauber's salts are indicated at a very early stage in the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Take of tinc. of aloes 1/2 oz., tinc. of chloride of iron 1/2 drm., tinc. of valerian 1/2 oz.; mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

The aloes and agaves are for the soul; the olives will eventually get pressed into oil for the salad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Dreams] Reference

Take gum myrrh and aloes, of each one ounce; saffron, sage leaves, and tansy leaves, of each half an ounce.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Take of bicarbonate of potash 1/2 drachm, tincture of orange 2 drachms, compound decoction of aloes 8 oz., mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Anguish rode her soul like a thousand imps and the slow tears were falling, bitter as aloes, the symbol of defeat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

We prefer the administration of oil or aloes to horses, Glauber's or Epsom salts to ruminants, and calomel to dogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

For the austerity of a matron should be, like that of wine, wholesome and pleasant, not bitter as aloes, or like a drug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutarch's Morals] Reference

Some of the towers, you may perceive, are in ruins, and their massive fragments are buried among vines, fig-trees and aloes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

Agaves, aloes and cacti from Africa and America thrive in the year-round mild climate along with 400 species of exotic plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Fogwell: Escape to Enchanting Eze on the French Riviera] Reference

The finger tips may be painted with tincture of aloes, or dipping the tips of the fingers in strong quinine water will sometimes help.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

Take Socotrine aloes, gamboge, and castile soap, of each one dram; ipecac and scammony, of each thirty grains; oil of anise, thirty drops.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference