Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of ptisan.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of tisane.

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Examples

  • Penn Herbs labels this as a stimulating tonic, and recommends to drink it as a tisan 1 cup of boiling water to ½ or 1 tsp. of the dried roots, steep for 4-7 minutes and drink as is or with honey and/or lemon, and counter indicates it for pregnant women.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Ayala Sender 2007

  • Penn Herbs labels this as a stimulating tonic, and recommends to drink it as a tisan 1 cup of boiling water to ½ or 1 tsp. of the dried roots, steep for 4-7 minutes and drink as is or with honey and/or lemon, and counter indicates it for pregnant women.

    Back to the Roots Ayala Sender 2007

  • His only dress was a night-gown and slippers, and he drank from time to time a quantity of tisan, or some such liquid, which was placed beside him, saying he had suffered severely during the night, but that his complaint had left him.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827 Various

  • This incessant warfare, while it weakened them as a nation, had increased their cunning and skill in par - tisan warfare.

    Historical collections of Virginia 1845

  • Here then we dined, took our _tisan de champagne glacée_ upon the well-shaded gallery fronting the river, and in due time I mounted, and rode down to the city, to make my toilet and receive the Alexandrians.

    Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Tyrone Power 1818

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