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Meaning of black draught | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.

archaic, historical

Examples

“He was taken ill in the night—quite prostrate he was—in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament for refusing to confess.”
“"You medical gentlemen must consult which sort of black draught you will prescribe, eh, Mr. Lydgate?"”

CEFR level

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