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CHEWING-BALLS

Volume 5 · 64 words · 1810 Edition

a kind of balls made of asafoetida, liver of antimony, bay wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the sun, and wrapped in a linen cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horse to chew; they create an appetite; and it is said, that balls of Venice-treacle may be used in the same manner with good success.