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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Electuary \E*lec"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n.; pl. {Electuaries}. [OE. letuaire, OF. lettuaire, electuaire, F. [82]lectuaire, L. electuarium, electarium. prob. fr. Gr. [?], [?] a medicine that is licked away, fr. Gr. [?] to lick up; [?] out + [?] to lick. See {Lick}, and cf. {Eclegm}.] (Med.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under {Confection}. | |
