See Also: laurinol(medicine)

maffick (iou) and laurinol (medicine)


maffick (iou)



maffick verb intrans. arch. E20.
[from Mafeking (see below), treated joc. as a pres. pple, whence Other parts of the verb.]
Celebrate uproariously, rejoice extravagantly, esp. on an occasion of national celebration (orig. the relief of the British garrison besieged in Mafeking, South Africa, in May 1900).

laurinol (medicine)


laurinol
<chemistry> Ordinary camphor; so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.

Origin: Laurin + -ol.

Source: Websters Dictionary