These sometimes have 50 or 60 players with nine sizes of instrument. 1  Oxford Companion to Music. see section 2 of the article on Recorder Family. 2  Hamlet, Act III scene ii, Hamlet: Ah, ha! Come, some music! 3  Paradise Lost, Book I: Anon they move/ in perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood/ flutes and soft recorders.
home / medterms medical dictionary a-z list / chasing the dragon definition Medical Definition of Chasing the dragon Chasing the dragon: A practice of heroin use involving heating heroin and then inhaling it. Some heroin users have gone to this practice because they believe erroneously that it will protect them against contracting HIV and other diseases associated with injecting heroin.
So, you're broke and own nothing. But you don't care, all you care about is getting back to the first high. You start stealing, doing favors, whatever gets you the money for the attempt. Your life becomes a living hell, all in search of a repeat of the first high. That's chasing the dragon. This term is a bit more complicated than merely smoking opium. It starts when you have your first high, the world is peaceful, everything is perfect, you're numb, but in the best way possible.