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Definition of Electuary
1. n. A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.
Definition of Electuary
1. Noun. (medicine) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or similar in order to make it more palatable to swallow. ¹
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Definition of Electuary
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Medical Definition of Electuary
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Origin: OE. Letuaire, OF. Lettuaire, electuaire, F. Electuaire, L. Electuarium, electarium. Prob. Fr. Gr, a medicine that is licked away, fr. Gr. To lick up; out + to lick. See Lick, and cf. Eclegm.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electuary
Literary usage of Electuary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"electuary of Jal'ap. See CONFECTION. electuary of Kermes. ... electuary of Lau'rel
Ber'ries. See CONFECTION OF RUE. electuary, ben'itive. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"appropriate. gesting the paste of cookery: spec, pastel, dope, electuary, magma,
strass; see COSMETIC, CEMENT. pasteboard, n. board (short for "pasteboard"; ..."
3. A Cyclopædia of Several Thousand Practical Reciepts: And Collateral by Arnold James Cooley (1846)
"3j to 3ij in diarrhœa, dysentery, electuary OF CHARCOAL Syn. ... Vie, AC Same as
confection of black pepper. electuary OF ..."
4. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"electuary OF MUSTARD. Syn. E. SINAPIS. Prep. (PC) Flour of mustard and conserve
of roses, ... A stimulant cathartic. Dose. 10 grs. to ^ dr. electuary OF ..."
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