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electuaries

electuaries is the plural of electuary.

Meaning of electuary

Noun

electuary (plural electuaries)

  1. Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
    • ℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Electuaries, and Conserues: of Lozenges, and Manus Christi”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning^([sic]) the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward...

Questions about electuaries

What is electuaries the plural of?
Electuaries is the plural of electuary.

Words near electuaries in the dictionary

  1. electroösmosis
  2. electrum
  3. electrums
  4. Electryon
  5. elects
  6. electuaries
  7. electuary
  8. eledoisin
  9. eledoisins
  10. Eleebana
  11. eleemosynar

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