Because of its phenolic ether content (methyl chavicol), which varies within wide limits, depending on the species, the origin and the time of harvesting, basil is often cited as an emmenagogue.

Buridan is best-known to philosophers for the example of Buridan's Ass, starving to death between two equidistant and equally tempting bales of hay, …

The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.

The Poitrinal, Pectoral, or Breast Plate was formed of plates of metal rivetted together, which covered the breast and shoulders of the horse, it was commonly adorned with foliage, or other ornaments engraved or embossed.