subs. (old).—Asafœtida: the old pharmaceutical name. [From the smell.] Now recognised.
1604. DEKKER, The Honest Whore, in wks. (1873), ii. 40. Fust. The DIVEL’S DUNG in thy teeth: I’ll be welcome whether thou wilt or no.
1759. STERNE, Tristram Shandy, vol. VIII., ch. xi. ’Tis all pepper, garlic, staragen, salt, and DEVIL’S DUNG.
1804. C. K. SHARPE, in Correspondence (1888), i. 203. I devoured loads of DEVIL’S DUNG rounded into pills.
