Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aphetic form of
apothecary .
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Examples
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No poticary practise, no ynckhorne termes, nor pithlesse pratling.
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So the Doctor tried to help him with his poticary stuff, and the women with their herbs; but all did no good.
Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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So the Doctor tried to help him with his poticary stuff, and the women with their herbs; but all did no good.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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So the Doctor tried to help him with his poticary stuff, and the women with their herbs; but all did no good.
My Summer with Dr. Singletary Part 2, from Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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"Noa," replied the wagoner, "there be nobody but a mighty clever poticary or doctor, I can't tell which; but he wear an uncommon queer hat, and he talk all sort of doctor stuff -- and there be his odd man and his odd boy; that be all, and there be plenty of room, and plenty o 'clean _stra_'."
Japhet, in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820
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No poticary practise, no ynckhorne termes, nor pithlesse pratling.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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