BIRTH'-WORT, a genus of perennial plants, formerly used medicinally in cases of difficult parturition.
European plant, a species of Asarum, having acrid properties, formerly used in the preparation of snuffs for catarrh, &c.
Mexican bulbous plant of the lily family, yielding veratrin, formerly used as an anthelmintic: the plant itself.
An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory.
A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.
Within these few years, an iron bit was preserved in the steeple of Forfar, formerly used, in that very place, for torturing the unhappy creatures who were accused of witchcraft.
A square basket, formerly used in Galloway for carrying out dung to the field, of which the bottom opened to let the contents fall out.
A stone hollowed out, formerly used as a mortar, for preparing barley by separating it from the husks, S.
The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S.
Formerly used at Clyffe Pypard, but not known there now.
Formerly used at Clyffe Pypard, where, however, it is obsolete, the pronunciation there now being distinctly Linnut.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "formerly used" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
