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Webster 1913 Edition

Electuary

E-lec′tu-a-ry

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Electuaries
(#)
.
[OE.
letuaire
, OF.
lettuaire
,
electuaire
, F.
électuaire
, L.
electuarium
,
electarium
. prob. fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK] a medicine that is licked away, fr. Gr. [GREEK] to lick up;
ἐκ
out + [GREEK] 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Electuary

ELEC'TUARY

,
Noun.
[Low L. 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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