Meaning of potioner | Babel Free

Definitions

One who makes potions.

Examples

“The “potioners,” so far from casting evil spells around the ball, say⟳ that rubber centres cannot be moulded to the perfect shape⟳; […]”

“The woman’s knees were swollen, misshapen knobs of bone. Hopelessly arthritic. “Aren’t they pretty, Vice Prefect? They’re the price an athlete pays. And the pain is unbearable. No medicine, no amulet relieves it, not even the compassionate Isis to whom I pray daily. Only wine mixed with opium—which I buy⟳ from the potioners, yes—dulls it enough so that I can live⟳ my life as I wish⟳ to.[…]””

““That Ceid thing? Bad business. You want⟳ to know⟳ about the poison.” That was the Grillig I remembered. “It didn’t come⟳ from around here,” he said. “There might be a handful of potioners in Gerse who deal⟳ in stuff like⟳ that. Freitag up in Sixth, or maybe Ver — nay, he’s gone to the gallows. Anyway, with the restrictions and the embargoes, nobody wants to take⟳ that kind of risk⟳ these days.””

“We don’t have⟳ wars anymore. We have⟳ Warlocks, but the name⟳ doesn’t mean⟳ what it sounds like⟳: In Underground, the Warlocks are potioners.”

“Clive said that it was the parasites in the food and that they were getting to his brain. He recommended that the potioners give⟳ Malcolm the medicine of all medicines. The seasoned ones knew that it could be the cure, but feared that the main side effect of the potion was death to both the host⟳ and the parasites if the monkey was allergic to the drug.”

““I’m just sitting here, enjoying the breeze.” And definitely not trying to steal⟳, er, borrow, um…take⟳ a little water to make⟳ potions in a town that doesn’t think⟳ too highly of potioners.”

““You have⟳ to be a crazy person to try⟳ to make⟳ them. It takes years and years of training to be able to put⟳ one together.” “I studied under one of the best potioners that I know⟳,” Kiara responds. “We never made one, but he taught me all the basic principles behind personalized potions.[…]””

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