(obsolete, medicine) To administer quinine.

present participle of throw in the bark

Any of various beetles, of the subfamily Scolytinae, many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees

(obsolete, medicine) Any of various decoctions of bark used as various remedies / Any of various preparations of the bark of various trees, used as a growing medium for orchids etc.

(now chiefly historical) Cinchona bark, chiefly as used in medicine.

plural of bark beetle

sassy bark

plural of bark louse

(obsolete) Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines. / Any insect of the order Psocoptera, that live on or near trees and feed on algae and lichen.

The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophleum suaveolens), used by the natives as an ordeal poison in a process called sassywood, and also medicinally.