storax
IPA: stˈɔræks
noun
- Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.
- The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.
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Examples of "storax" in Sentences
- It can be produced by the hydrolysis of storax.
- It is obtained from oil of cinnamon, or from balsams such as storax.
- Nothing except the smoke of storax will drive them away from the trees.
- They blend all sorts of fragrances, and by boiling the juice, make storax.
- Frankincense they collect by burning the storax, which is brought thence to the Hellenes by the
- As it relaxed its grip on itself, the wad of storax caused the room to smell like the center of a chocolate cream.
- The corona of candlelight and the vanilla halo of storax ringed her concentrically, as if she were twice blessed, a double madonna.
- Paying him little heed when he entered, Kudra remained bent over a large candle, heating some newly purchased storax resin in a metal cup.
- A resinoid of storax, fixed with tincture of labdanum (pressed from the fatty arteries of the rockrose), proved a sufficient camouflage for a walk around the block, but it had no more staying power than patchouli.
- The notes in Burnt Amber blend convincingly, creating an illusionary world where sweetness is dry and smoke is moist… In one breath, oozing honey, balsams, labdanum and storax crystallize themselves into incense resins burning with thick, lung-invading smoke that uplifts the spirits and hugs the heart.
- Frankincense they collect by burning the storax, which is brought thence to the Hellenes by the Phenicians, by burning this, I say, so as to produce smoke they take it; for these trees which produce frankincense are guarded by winged serpents, small in size and of various colours, which watch in great numbers about each tree, of the same kind as those which attempt to invade Egypt: [97a] and they cannot be driven away from the trees by any other thing but only the smoke of storax.
- Take half an ounce of samphire, dissolve it in two ounces of aquævitæ, add to it one ounce of quicksilver, one ounce of liquid storax, which is the droppings of Myrrh and hinders the camphire from firing; take also two ounces of hematitus, a red stone to be had at the druggist's, and when you buy it let them beat it to powder in their great mortar, for it is so very hard that it cannot be done in a small one; put this to the afore-mentioned composition, and when you intend to walk on the bar you must annoint your feet well therewith, and you may walk over without danger: by this you may wash your hands in boiling lead.
- Take half an ounce of samphire, dissolve it in two ounces of aquaevitae, add to it one ounce of quicksilver, one ounce of liquid storax, which is the droppings of Myrrh and hinders the camphire from firing; take also two ounces of hematitus, a red stone to be had at the druggist's, and when you buy it let them beat it to powder in their great mortar, for it is so very hard that it cannot be done in a small one; put this to the afore-mentioned composition, and when you intend to walk on the bar you must annoint your feet well therewith, and you may walk over without danger: by this you may wash your hands in boiling lead.