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black draught

black draught noun: a cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.

Noun

black draught (plural black draughts)

  1. (archaic, historical) A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.
    • He was taken ill in the night—quite prostrate he was—in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament...1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in David Copperfield
    • "You medical gentlemen must consult which sort of black draught you will prescribe, eh, Mr. Lydgate?"1871, George Eliot, chapter 16, in Middlemarch

Forms of black draught

pluralblack draughts

Questions about black draught

What does black draught mean?
Black draught means a cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.
What part of speech is black draught?
Black draught is a noun.
What is the plural of black draught?
The plural of black draught is black draughts.

Words near black draught in the dictionary

  1. black dose
  2. black doses
  3. black dot
  4. black dragon
  5. black dragons
  6. black draught
  7. black draughts
  8. Black Drin
  9. black drink
  10. black drinks
  11. black drongo

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