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Definition of Turbith
1. n. See Turpeth.
Definition of Turbith
1. Noun. A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant, ''Operculina turpethum''; or the plant itself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turbith
1. turpeth [n -S] - See also: turpeth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbith
Literary usage of Turbith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann .. by Caspar Neumann, William Lewis (1773)
"turbith root is a moderately ... but fince the introduction of Jalap, turbith
has been rarely ufed. ..."
2. A Treatise on Poisons: In Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and by Robert Christison (1836)
"... and the existence of sulphur in the flux may b'e proved by the escape of
sulphuretted-hydrogen on the addition of a mineral acid. 3. Of turbith Mineral. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"Mineral turbith. The names of mineral yellow and mineral ... Mineral turbith is
not much used, and it is said to become decomposed in the air. ..."
4. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society, Robert Gray Mayne by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society, Robert Gray Mayne (1882)
"... turbith root, rue, seeds of Daucus cretina, and fennel seeds. Also, for a
plaster containing dates. ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1802)
"Chemists have differed respecting the turbith mineral: by some it is considered as a
... One ounce of pure turbith mineral was exposed to a red heat, ..."
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