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Definition of Castory
1. Noun. (obsolete) An extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A plant (probably the castor bean), or a preparation from this plant, reputed to have medicinal value. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) The color of castory extract. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Castory
1. a pink colour [n CASTORIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castory
Literary usage of Castory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Persecution of Diocletian: A Historical Essay by Arthur James Mason (1876)
"... castory and Simplice, are sacrilegious Christians, and that through their
magical incantations all mankind is being humbled under them. ..."
2. The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde, of by Andrew Boorde (1870)
"... and castory, yf it do come of a colde cause. If it do come of a hole cause,
... and castory, ..."
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