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Arquebusade

Arquebusade

1. The shot of an arquebus.

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

Origin: f. Arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.


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