physic
noun
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
physicking
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present participleof physic.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Victualling and physicking are very good things, but must be done in season.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever
I could see her romping with them, helping them to tear their clothes; but likewise I could see her flying after them, bringing back an armful struggling, bathing it, physicking it.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The principal or almost only hope of cure consists in bleeding, physicking, and blistering on the right side.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Besides, the dog was a good creature, and deserved a good physicking; he did indeed.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
I will next speak about those other four subjects which Scrofa outlined, namely: the feeding, breeding, raising and physicking of sheep.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Fairfax Harrison
