electuary
a pasty mass composed of a medicine, usually in powder form, mixed in a palatable medium, as syrup, honey, or other sweet substance: used especially for animals and administered by application to the teeth, tongue, or gums.
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How to use electuary in a sentence
What an electuary found my father out for his daughter, when hee compounded you two my women?
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerThis evening Mr. Hollyard sends me an electuary to take (a walnut quantity of it) going to bed, which I did.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysLet her take aromatic electuary, disatyrion and candied eringo roots, every morning.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousIt was enclosed in a gallipot, and was what I believe they called an electuary.
The House by the Church-Yard | J. Sheridan Le FanuThey are used in the form of an electuary triturated to the proper consistency with honey or syrup.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de Tavera
British Dictionary definitions for electuary
/ (ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ) /
archaic a paste taken orally, containing a drug mixed with syrup or honey
Origin of electuary
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