ptisan

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Gerard says, "The green leaves of the Fennel eaten, or the seed made into a ptisan, and drunk, do fill women's brestes with milk; also the seed if drunk asswageath the wambling of the stomacke, and breaketh the winde."

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  1. noun A medicinal infusion, such as sweetened barley water.

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  1. Middle English tisane, peeled barley, barley water, from Old French, from Latin ptisana, tisana, from Greek ptisanē, from ptissein, to crush.

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  1. Also ptisane, formerly ptysane, tisan; = French tisane = Provencal tizana, tipsana = Spanish Portuguese Italian tisana, from Latin ptisana, from Greek πτισάνη, peeled barley, also a drink made from it, from πτίσσ, σ1ειν, peel, husk.
 

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/ˈtɪzən/
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