Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mixture of water and vinegar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (med.) A Mixture of water and vinegar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, archaic A
mixture ofwater andvinegar .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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Then I applied great compresses steeped in oxycrate, and bandaged him, not too tight, that he might breathe easily.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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Then I applied great compresses steeped in oxycrate, and bandaged him, not too tight, that he might breathe easily.
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