electuary

Definitions

Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.

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Examples

“℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number⟳, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make⟳ an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.”

“In the desperate search⟳ for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have⟳ throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.”

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