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Sphinx or Phlegethontius Carolina
Tobacco To*bac"co, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (Nicotiana rustica, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco (Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco (Nicotiana Persica). 2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. Tobacco box (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate. Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine. Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.] Tobacco pipe. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian. Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite. Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Pipemouth. Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. Tobacco worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.
Spleget
Spleget Spleg"et, n. [Cf. Pledget.] (Med.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. --Crabb.

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- Helming Leget (died 1412), of Tottenham, Middle**** and Black Notley, Es****, was an English courtier and politician. Leget was the son and heir of Helming...
- Philip Leget Edwards (July 14, 1812 – May 1, 1869) was an American educator from the state of Kentucky and first teacher in what became the state of Oregon...
- the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's Watchmen comic book series. quis leget haec? Who will read this? quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo...
- Krishnamurti." Gorman 1978, pp. 164, 165–166. Kang 2003, p. 98. Pijnenburg & Leget 2007, p. 586. Schreiber 2012, §§ "The deconstruction of historicised ego"...
- Arabic (Sanaa) ʔana bajn ʔaḥibb el-gerāje gawi ḥīn sert salā el-maktabe ma legēt-ʃ ḏajje l-ketāb l-gadīm kont aʃti ʔagra ketāb ʕan tarīḵ l-mare beh farānsa...
- September 19, 1998 Anderson Mesa LONEOS  · 3.2 km MPC · JPL 25165 Leget 1998 SK62 Leget September 19, 1998 Anderson Mesa LONEOS  · 3.1 km MPC · JPL 25166...
- deiner Hand zur Ruh. Und wie leise sich der Schmerz Well' um Welle schlafen leget, wie der letzte Schlag sich reget, füllest du mein ganzes Herz. Close both...
- Dool acteert op twee orgels in Grote Kerk". Brabants Dagblad. Leget-Kuijlen, P.L.; Leget, J.N. (1992). "Tijdelijke bijzetting" [Temporary Funeral]. Bossche...
- original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020. Flegel, Monica; Leget, Judith (January 14, 2021). "3". Superhero Culture Wars: Politics, Marketing...
- the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's Watchmen comic book series. quis leget haec? Who will read this? quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo...