electuary

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ELEC'TUARY, noun [Low Latin electarium, electuarium; Gr. to lick.] In pharmacy, a form of medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some conserve, honey or syrup, and made into due consistence, to be taken in doses, like boluses.
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