2 - Ricci brand liquorice is sold in Go Lo stores, Woolworths, and selected chemists. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » The Ladies Blue Room. Or something.] Reference
Another solution may be recommended, that of the black liquorice, which is a transparent brown, and naturally hard. From Wordnik.com. [The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.] Reference
Note other loanwords entering into Latin from Greek that show the same curious loss of g- eg. liquiritia 'liquorice'. From Wordnik.com. [Indo-European (*)*ǵalak- 'milk'] Reference
On the beach of the great river they found an abundance of a sweet fragrant root which Mackenzie calls "liquorice". From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers in Canada] Reference
Spanish liquorice and black, shaded with black. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Calamus and liquorice were among them, and camphor, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The plant which yields the liquorice root of commerce is. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Take extract of liquorice, one ounce, powdered; nitrate of potash. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Unless you count the chocolate covered liquorice things that I don't like. From Wordnik.com. [cbrimble Diary Entry] Reference
They vary in price and size, but agree in flavour -- liquorice, tempered by ink. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892] Reference
When finished the mass looked rather like coffee-grounds, and tasted like liquorice. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Take of powered extract of liquorice 2 drms, gum acacia 2 drms, hot water 4 oz.; mix. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
A teaspoonful of boiled liquorice and linseed two or three times a day has a good effect. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
In 1839, 1,166 tons of liquorice paste were exported from Naples, valued at £45 per ton. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
She also provided kettle corn and Turkish liquorice (salt liquorice) and gingerbread cake. From Wordnik.com. [hemopoetic Diary Entry] Reference
Constant white and a little carmine, shaded with Spanish liquorice washed with carmine. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
One-half ounce balsam copaiba, one-quarter ounce liquorice powder, one-half drachm piperine. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
MclLLMURRAY, M.B. and LANGMAN, M.J. S. (1977) Deglycyrrhizinised liquorice in duodenal ulcer. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
I just took it that she was a bit thick and swiftly picked up my heavy bag of liquorice delights. From Wordnik.com. [10 of the spongey orangey beauts.] Reference
Take powdered elecampane root, powdered liquorice root, powdered anise seed, and sulphur, of each one dram. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Cherries were taken very freely at twopence a pound, and Spanish (liquorice) at a shade lower than yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841] Reference
He had always a box of liquorice lozenges in his waistcoat pocket which he distributed freely to the small ones. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
This is the active ingredient of Gill tea made by country persons, and sweetened with honey, sugar, or liquorice. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
For curative purposes druggists supply an infusion of the herb, and a liquid extract in combination with liquorice. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It is afterwards usually re-dissolved, purified, and, when formed into small quills, is known as refined liquorice. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
= — First: Extract of liquorice, three ounces; oil of cloves, one and a half drams; oil of cinnamon, fifteen drops. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Let the patient take twice a-day, for eight days, a teaspoonful of well-boiled liquorice and a tablespoonful of hot water. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
A modern decoction is prepared from the herb with boiling water poured on the leaves, and with liquorice root and honey added. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Make a strong tea of everlasting -- strain, and put to a quart of it two ounces of figs or raisins, two of liquorice, cut in bits. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
Lime-blossom tea, and pronounced it a very soft, well-flavoured, pleasant saccharine julep, much resembling the juice of liquorice. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
This may be made by rubbing up one part of oil of turpentine, with one part of liquorice powder, and with two parts of clarified honey. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
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