- Amurca
Amurca is the bitter tasting, dark watery liquid which flows from pressed
olive s under light pressure, prior to theolive oil which only drains under greater pressure. Historically, amurca was used for numerous purposes, [cite book |title= The Natural History of Pliny: Amurca of Olives - Twenty-one Remedies |last= Pliny|first= John Bostock|authorlink= |coauthors=Riley, H. T.|year= 1856|publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages= 486] including as a building material,pesticide [http://www.plantanswers.com/garden_column/march04/4.htm Ancient and Modern Day Pest Control] ] ,herbicide , and even as anastringent , which was called by the same name. Firewood treated with amurca burns smokelessly [ [https://listhost.uchicago.edu/pipermail/ane/2002-March/001133.html John N. Lupia in discussion with David Hall] ] .References
External links
* [http://essenes.net/new/catoamurca.html Uses for Amurca]
* [http://www.pacificsunoliveoil.com/ancient_uses.html More information on ancient uses]
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/F*.html Marcus Cato on Agriculture]
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Olea.html Olives in Antiquity (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)]
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture18/r_18-1.html Forerunners of Pesticides in Classical Greece and Rome]
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