Word: tannic
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...police to explain how he had managed to erase from his chest two gorgeous tattooed designs seen upon him when last arrested. Sepia, charcoal and cinnabar bite deep. Science has failed to discover how to blench their mordant effects. Antoine's recipe, reluctantly yielded: pour concentrated tannic acid upon the illuminated parts, inject it into the skin by close punctures with needles, rub lightly over with a crayon of silver nitrate. With the thick black scab, off comes the tattooing...
...cooked food, what you want and as much as you want. Leave the consideration of your work when at meals and take them in agreeable company. Water is our natural drink; tea is foremost among artificial drinks of the English race. This latter liquid contains 26 per cent. of tannic acid and a very small amount of nitrogen. It is an excitant of respiration, induces perspiration, and cools the body. In reference to nutrition, we may say that tea increases waste, since it promotes the transformation of food without supplying nutriment. The best time to drink tea is after...