Tobacco

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, ·etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.

II. Tobacco ·noun 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.

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tobacco
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tobacco
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tobacco
Has been supplied for the use of the ships' companies in the royal navy from the 1st January, 1799. ...

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n. See tobacco. ...

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West out of Gracechurch Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
fid of tobacco
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