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Meaning of alipta muscata | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A medicinal paste made with ladanum and used for breathing trouble.

historical, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“[…] they all being put in, and the Mixture a little cooled, mix the Pouders (adding at the end the Alipta and Gallia Moschata dissolved in Aromatick Wine) and with a Spatula diligently stirring and mixing them, make an Emplaster according to Art.”
alipta muscata […] Medicinal paste for breathing trouble made with ladanum^([sic]), storax, lignaloes, ambergris, camphor, musk, rose water.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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