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Formerly used as a stimulant
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strychnine
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I brought my trick-or-treat candy to the school to check for razor blades and pins and strychnine . ▪ Striking a match in a gas-filled room, sipping a glass of vodka and strychnine , that's what I call dangerous. ▪ Whiskey with ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. ?: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiace[ae] , as from the seeds of the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
powerful poisonous alkaloid, 1819, from French strychnine , from Modern Latin Strychnos , the genus name of the plant ( nux vomica ) from which the poison is obtained, from Greek strychnon , a kind of nightshade, of uncertain origin. The chemical was discovered ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Strychnine (; also or ) is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide , particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents . Strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through eyes or mouth, causes ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
Usage examples of strychnine.
Drosera, and quickly cause strong inflection, it seems probable that strychnine, nicotine, digitaline, and hydrocyanic acid, excite inflection by acting on elements in no way analogous to the nervecells of animals.
I spent it in ransacking the library until I discovered a medical book which gave a description of strychnine poisoning.
Inglethorp died of strychnine poisoning, presumably administered in her coffee.
Inglethorp took her coffee upstairs with her, I do not see what you expect to find, unless you consider it likely that we shall discover a packet of strychnine on the coffee tray!
Judging from the quantity recovered, she must have taken not less than three-quarters of a grain of strychnine, but probably one grain or slightly over.
She would have had to take very nearly the whole bottle to account for the amount of strychnine found at the post-mortem.
Monday evening last, did you purchase strychnine for the purpose of poisoning a dog?
Of all the household, he alone would be likely to recognize the symptoms of strychnine poisoning, and yet we find him the only member of the family to uphold strenuously the theory of death from natural causes.
Bauerstein had it tested, and you yourself laughed at the possibility of there being strychnine in it.
Or it may not have been strychnine at all, but some obscure drug no one has ever heard of, which produces much the same symptoms.
Mary, where you purchased strychnine in the name of Alfred Inglethorp?
The analyst was asked by him to report whether strychnine was, or was not, present.
Guess at her relief when strychnine is mentioned, and she discovers that after all the tragedy is not her doing.
A narcotic taken with strychnine will delay the action of the poison for some hours.
What third medium was there--a medium so suitable for disguising the taste of strychnine that it is extraordinary no one has thought of it?