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n's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. [Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]

See Simar. Sir W. Scott.

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A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar. Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.

ountain crystal. See under Crystal. -- Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba (S. amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. -- Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]…

The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeæ, as Quassia amara, Picræna excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.

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A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

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