"throw in the bark" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws in the bark [present, singular, third-person], throwing in the bark [participle, present], threw in the bark [past], thrown in the bark [participle, past]
Etymology: From the fact that the bark of the cinchona tree is used to make the medicine quinine. Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> in the bark}} throw in the bark (third-person singular simple present throws in the bark, present participle throwing in the bark, simple past threw in the bark, past participle thrown in the bark)
  1. (obsolete, medicine) To administer quinine. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-throw_in_the_bark-en-verb-SWZpVxhk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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