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Nicotine
Encyclopedia Britannica
NICOTINE. See Tobacco.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 491
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Pungency Roget’s Thesaurus §392
N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut- gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) 392a, carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity) 401a, dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, indian weed, cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy
V. be pungent, bite the tongue, render -pungent, season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil, smoke, chew, take snuff
Adj. pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high- seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious|, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory
Bane Roget’s Thesaurus §663
N. bane, curse, evil, hurtfulness, painfulness, scourge, damnosa hereditas, white elephant, sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle, poison, toxin, teratogen, leaven, virus venom, arsenic, antimony, tartar emetic, strychnine, nicotine, miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas, pest, albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid, bichloride of mercury, carbonic acid, carbonic gas, choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp, hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane, hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite, banewort, bhang, ganja, hashish, upas tree, toxline, rust, worm, helminth, moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew, dry rot, canker, cankerworm, cancer, torpedo, viper, demon, toxicology
Adj. baneful, poisonous, phr, bibere venenum in auro, 3. contingent subservience
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