WordNet
n. essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines [syn: clove oil]
Usage examples of "oil of cloves".
Drugs, waxed bandages, oil of cloves, blood of the poppy, eyebright, handknives, coiled wire, combs, wax candles, flints, honey, sweetened milk, spare clothes, and clean linen had all been lost.
It occurs as a yellow or yellowish- red liquid, becoming gradually darker on keeping and having a pleasant aromatic odour, somewhat similar to that of oil of cloves, and a pungent, spicy taste.
Crushed mint leaves are repellent, as are oil of cloves and camphor.
Pour oil of cloves or camphor onto a cloth strip and rub the door sill with it.
I found mind in my chest yet again, the names murmuring and blurring in mylike the words of someone telling rosary beads, sense lost in the fervor of peti lavender, oil of cloves .
Then, very slowly, Lamorak reached out for Pertelope's pack, took out the sponge bag and found the oil of cloves.