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smelling salts

noun

1 smelling salts

A pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintness.

Roget 392: pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race.    sharpness etc. adj.; acrimony; roughness etc. (sour) ... show more

Dutch: reukzout, vlugzout


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