[Sca-cooks] ivory reworked

[Terry Decker]

A bezoar stone is a hard mass of indigestible material such as hair or
fibers found in the stomachs or intestines of animals.  Apparently they are
fairly common in ruminants and humans.  Bezoar stones are believed to have
magic properties and act as a antidote to poison.

Bezoar appears to derive from the Middle English "bezear" from the Old
French "bezahar" possibly from the Arabic "bazahr" which derives from the
Persian "padzahr" meaning "poison antidote."

Bear




>Ok. And what are "bezoar stones"?
>
>Stefan