boracic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of boracic
Example Sentences
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Small amounts of boracic acid can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, but worse, it was what borax concealed that was particularly dangerous.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2013
He fed them on advertised foods that contained boracic acid, sulfates, benzoates, formaldehyde; he watched their cheeks grow lean, their temples hollow, their skins turn the color of whey.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was half-an-hour before Cissy got back with the pot of boracic dressing and some lint.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
These are the hard materials to be vitrified by the fluxes, which are carbonate or oxide of lead, boracic acid or borax, potash or soda, carbonate of lime or barytes.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
In severe cases attended by considerable angina and foul and offensive secretions upon the faucial surface an antiseptic, as boracic acid in small quantity, should be added to the potash and iron mixture recommended above.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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