Balsam

(noun.) an ointment containing a fragrant resin.

(noun.) any seed plant yielding balsam.

(noun.) any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes.

凯瑟琳编辑

• As sold it is invariably too thick for this purpose, and should be thinned by adding several drops of balsam of copaiba to as much ink as may be taken on a salt spoon. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Mr. Snagsby, touched by the spectacle before him, immediately lays upon the table half a crown, that magic balsam of his for all kinds of wounds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Warm the glass slightly and coat evenly with balsam or negative varnish and place the print face downward on the surface thus prepared. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Nay, reverend and brave Knight, answered Isaac, but in chief measure by a balsam of marvellous virtue. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

卡莱尔编辑