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Rummaging around in my sewing room (I'm not pushing myself, I swear, just going crazy from being bed-bound) I found these. At the time I had bought them as a gift for hubby (we're weird like that - historical reenactors) I never got around to giving. But now I look at these with new eyes, and 'Cor blimey!' what a treasure-trove they are! Just perfect if you're looking for that word, phrase, or brew for the fic you're writing. 48 cards total, and Amazon is selling them used starting at $5.60.
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Date: 13 May 2009 08:49 pm (UTC)I just ordered both sets of cards. Hopefully they will be of use to me!
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Date: 13 May 2009 08:57 pm (UTC)Example: THEREBINTUS
Turpentine. A sort of clear resinous gum, distilling out of the fir tree and others. It is of two sorts, vulgar or common, or Venetian; the latter is esteemed the best, being clear, pellucid and white, and of a glass colour, used as a balsam to cuts and other green wounds, and taken inwardly as diuretick, occasioning the urine to smell like violets. Boiled in water, it becomes solid, and being so prepared, is made into pills and given in venereal cases. The oil is used to consolidate wounds, to discuss tumorours, and strengthen nerves. - Thomas Dyche's New General English Dictionary, 1740
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Date: 14 May 2009 12:28 am (UTC)Hey where is the Severus Big Bang page? Is that even up yet?
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Date: 14 May 2009 12:32 am (UTC)It's huge- so many elements to pull together.
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