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Definition of Physicking
1. physic [v] - See also: physic
Medical Definition of Physicking
1. Fr. Physic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physicking
Literary usage of Physicking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"physicking of horses. It is equally an error to refrain altogether from giving
horses ... physicking process. The horse having fasted an hour or two in the ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... or Switzerland will in the same «ay often do a dyspeptic patient more good
than he could have experienced from any amount of physicking at home. ..."
3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... motives for its use—physicking and Cramming the Infant ; Objections to— Argument
from Analogy—When should the Child be put to the Breast? ..."
4. A Flower-hunter in Queensland & New Zealand by Marian Ellis Ryan Rowan, Ellis Rowan (1898)
"Journey to Masterton—A charming garden— Sheep-shearing, physicking, and dipping—The
Wellington Museum— The fourth city in the colonies. WELLINGTON. ..."
5. A Flower-hunter in Queensland & New Zealand by Marian Ellis Ryan Rowan, Ellis Rowan (1898)
"Journey to Masterton—A charming garden— Sheep-shearing, physicking, and dipping—The
Wellington Museum— The fourth city in the colonies. WELLINGTON. ..."
6. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders: Or, The Cogitations and by William Andrus Alcott (1859)
"physicking OFF MEASLES. THE father of a large family came to me one day, and,
with unwonted politeness, inquired after my health. ..."
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