Herbs
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of herbs, denotes that you will have vexatious cares, though some pleasures will ensue. To dream of poisonous herbs, warns you of enemies. Balm and other useful herbs, denotes satisfaction in business and warm friendships.
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Examples
- Miss Ophelia lifted out the sifting papers of sweet herbs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I found the island to be all rocky, only a little intermingled with tufts of grass, and sweet-smelling herbs. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Well has Solomon said--Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A dinner of herbs is better than a stalled ox very often. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had gardens made for the growing of medicinal herbs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The court was all bestrewn with herbs and sprinkled with vinegar, as a precaution against gaol air and gaol fever. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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