‖ urari
(ʊˈrɑːrɪ)
Also urary, urare; ourari, oorara.
[See curare, and cf. urali, oorali, woorali.]
(See quots. 1859, 1866.)
| α 1838 in Annals Nat. Hist. (1841) VII. 417 The whole of the Urary is poured by degrees through the small funnel. 1876 Daily News 21 June 2 The prohibition of the use of urari as an anæsthetic. |
| β 1859 A. S. Taylor On Poisons (ed. 2) 771 The poison known under the name of..Woorali, Oorara, and Curara. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1106 Strychnos toxifera also yields a frightful poison called Ourari.., employed by the natives of Guiana. |
b. attrib. and
Comb., as
urari-house,
urari-maker,
urari poison;
urari bark, bark of the
urari plant,
Strychnos toxifera.
| 1838 in Annals Nat. Hist. (1841) VII. 416, I was fortunate enough in purchasing a quake or basket of Urary bark. Ibid., The much-famed Urary poison. Ibid. 417 Other fire than that made by the Urary-maker is not allowed to come under the roof of the Urary-house. 1841 Ibid. 415 The pure bark of the Urari plant, Strychnos toxifera. 1862 Miller Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 2) 502 The Urari or woorara poison of South America. |