Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Moxa

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Moxa


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(1):

(n.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and A. moxa.

(2):

(n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.