Definition of Cashoo

1. n. See Catechu.

Definition of Cashoo

1. catechu [n -SHOOS] - See also: catechu

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cashoo

cashiers
cashiers' checks
cashing
cashing out
cashless
cashlessly
cashlessness
cashlike
cashmere
cashmeres
cashmerette
cashmerettes
cashmire
cashmires
cashola
cashoo (current term)
cashoos
cashpoint
cashpoints
cashspiel
cashspiels
cashwise
cashworthy
casiation
casimere
casimeres
casimire
casimires
casing
casing nail

Literary usage of Cashoo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"For some time cashoo has begun to be made use of in the tincture for the ... The tincture by means of cashoo is prepared thus : it is dissolved in boiling ..."

2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1840)
"For some time cashoo has begun to be made use of in the tincture for the ... The tincture by means of cashoo is prepared thus : it is dissolved in boiling ..."

3. Perfumery by Campbell Morfit (1853)
"Cashew, or cashoo.—There are two principal species of this nut, ... The Bombay cashoo is in small masses of 4 oz. or with a dull fracture, reddish, ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine (1857)
"... (called taff) of extract of juniper, berry- gentian, cashoo (the rough cashoo reduced to powder), molasses, and yeast. The ingredients are mixed with ..."

5. How to Do it: Or, Directions for Knowing and Doing Everything Needful (1864)
"For this purpose, cashoo is recommended, to which, ... Take gum tragacanth and cashoo, enough of each to make a ball •bout the size of a filbert; ..."

6. The Treatment and prophylaxis of syphilis by Alfred Fournier, George Miller MacKee (1907)
"Powdered cashoo ) Powdered tannin 1 part. Essence of peppermint qs Frequent gargling ... Tincture of cashoo oiii. Tincture of benzoin 3i.ss. Water ; Oi. ..."

7. The Toilette of Health, Beauty, and Fashion ...: Including the Comforts of by Allen & Ticknor (1834)
"For this purpose cashoo is recommended, to which, as it combines with many other odoriferous substances, any smell may be given that is preferred by the ..."

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