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Webster 1913 Edition
Curari
{
Cu-ra′re
Cu-ra′ri
}(k?-r?′r?)
, Noun.
[Native name. Cf.
Wourall
.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of
Strychnos
(Strychnos toxifera
, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also
urari
, woorali
, woorari
, etc.]