Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dry powder employed by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, absorb perspiration, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, obsolete A
medicinal powder used by theancients tosprinkle onulcers , to absorbperspiration , etc.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek to besprinkle.
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