smelling+salts
51salt of hartshorn — Sal volatile, carbonate of ammonia (solid and impure), sesqui carbonate of ammonia, volatile salts, smelling salts …
52sawbones — This was a slang expression unknown to Mr Pickwick, according to Charles Dickens. When Sam Weller told him that there were ‘a couple of sawbones downstairs’ he was obliged to ask: ‘What’s a sawbones?’ Dickens adds that he was ‘not quite… …
53bring to — {v.} (stress on to ) 1. To restore to consciousness; wake from sleep, anesthesia, hypnosis, or fainting. * /Smelling salts will often bring a fainting person to./ Compare: BRING AROUND(1). 2. To bring a ship or boat to a stop. * /Reaching the… …
54come round — or[come around] {v.} 1. To happen or appear again and again in regular order. * /And so Saturday night came around again./ * /I will tell him when he comes round again./ 2. {informal} To get back health or knowledge of things; get well from… …
55bring to — {v.} (stress on to ) 1. To restore to consciousness; wake from sleep, anesthesia, hypnosis, or fainting. * /Smelling salts will often bring a fainting person to./ Compare: BRING AROUND(1). 2. To bring a ship or boat to a stop. * /Reaching the… …
56come round — or[come around] {v.} 1. To happen or appear again and again in regular order. * /And so Saturday night came around again./ * /I will tell him when he comes round again./ 2. {informal} To get back health or knowledge of things; get well from… …
57ammonium carbonate — noun Date: circa 1829 a carbonate of ammonium; specifically the commercial mixture of the bicarbonate and carbamate used especially in smelling salts …
58hartshorn — noun Etymology: from the earlier use of hart s horns as the chief source of ammonia Date: 1685 a preparation of ammonia used as smelling salts …
59sal volatile — noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, volatile salt Date: 1654 smelling salts …
60vinaigrette — noun Etymology: French, from vinaigre vinegar Date: 1811 1. a small ornamental box or bottle with perforated top used for holding an aromatic preparation (as smelling salts) 2. a sauce made typically of oil, vinegar, and seasonings and used… …
