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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.
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.