triacle

Chaucer brings the two together, for the word triacle is merely a corruption of theriaca, the unfailing cure for every thing.

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood George MacDonald 1864

The English term treacle comes via the French triacle from the Latin theriaca, meaning antidotes against poison.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The English term treacle comes via the French triacle from the Latin theriaca, meaning antidotes against poison.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The word "triacle" = "treacle" is used in the sense of ointment.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

And there ben other trees, that beren hony, gode and swete: and other trees, that beren venym; azenst the whiche there is no medicyne but on; and that is to taken here propre leves, and stampe hem and tempere hem with watre, and then drynke it: and elle he schalle dye; for triacle will not avaylle, ne non other medicyne.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And there be other trees that bear honey good and sweet, and other trees that bear venom, against the which there is no medicine but [one]; and that is to take their proper leaves and stamp them and temper them with water and then drink it, and else he shall die; for triacle will not avail, ne none other medicine.

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And there ben other trees, that beren hony, gode and swete: and other trees, that beren venym; azenst the whiche there is no medicyne but on; and that is to taken here propre leves, and stampe hem and tempere hem with watre, and then drynke it: and elle he schalle dye; for triacle will not avaylle, ne non other medicyne.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Venice treacle, or triacle, was a famous antidote in the middle ages to all animal poisons.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

It was named _Theriaca_ (the Latin word for our present treacle) from the Greek word _Therion_, a small animal, in allusion to the vipers which were added to the triacle by

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

[103: 1] "Crist, which that is to every harm triacle."

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868