Aloes, nux vomica, colocynth, quassia, have a flavor that is much more sweet than bitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
Take an infusion of quassia, one pint; brown sugar, four ounces, ground pepper, two ounces. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
It is intended that the quassia will remain in as long as possible, for at least half an hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They mostly consist of quassia, gentian and camomile, and these substitutes are quite harmless. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The duty of £8 17s. 6d. per cwt., levied on quassia, is intended to restrict its use for such. 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
From six to eight ounces of the infusion of quassia is then passed, as high up as the catheter will reach. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Or put 1 oz. of quassia chips in a muslin bag, pour on some boiling water, and make it up to I gallon; dissolve. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Mixture for Destroying Flies -- Infusion of quassia, one pint; brown sugar, four ounces; ground pepper, two ounces. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Their depredations can be prevented by an application of water flavoured with quassia or paraffin oil, which must be repeated after rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The adulterations most commonly used to give bitterness are gentian, wormwood, and quassia; to impart pungency, ginger, orange-peel, and caraway. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
Now, a little shower of quassia, just to freshen you up; eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Fernley House] Reference
'Take a little quassia; ... but, dost thou remember, once --?'. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions] Reference
One third of a pint of quassia to which add a tablespoonful of rocksalt. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
He hesitated, then reluctantly took the glass and began to sip the quassia. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
Of the tulip-tree and the quassia, it is the bark of the roots that is used. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
But he took the sulphonal and washed it down with the quassia-flavored water. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
Griffith fetched a tablet and a glass of water, to which he added some of the quassia. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
"Then here is a waste of good quassia," said Martin, "and I think your name is Robin Rue.". From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
'Then here is a waste of good quassia,' said Martin, 'and I think your name is Robin Rue.'. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
In those days adulteration was practiced, for wormwood and quassia were found as substitutes. From Wordnik.com. [James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823] Reference
As desire for liquor abates the quassia can be given less frequently, until it is no longer needed. From Wordnik.com. [Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say] Reference
The bark possesses pure bitter tonic properties, closely analogous to those of colombo and quassia. 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
This species of quassia, though not the officinal, should be examined for any bitter tonic properties it may contain. 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
To impart to the beer a bitter taste, the fraudulent brewer employed quassia wood and wormwood as a substitute for hops. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy] Reference
You'll never quit if you can help it, and we know now you can help it, with this quassia to keep your throat from sizzling. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
It requires but little discrimination to distinguish very clearly the peculiar bitterness of quassia in adulterated porter. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy] Reference
And there is an excuse for preferring champagne to waterside porter, heady with grains of paradise and quassia, salt and cocculus indicus. From Wordnik.com. [Literary and General Lectures and Essays] Reference
A tin vessel, mix with it three ounces of assafoetida and one drachm of quassia chips, to which add a death's-head moth. From Wordnik.com. [The Sorcery Club] Reference
Bitter as quassia, quass or kumquat peel!. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
It contains a bitter principle, like quassia. 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
He was spraying the cordons with quassia-water. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
A property which does not belong to quassia. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy] Reference
10. quassia. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
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