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† ˈoxycrate Obs.
Also 6–8 oxicrate, 7 oxicrat, 7–8 oxycrat.
[ad. Gr. ὀξύκρᾱτ-ον, f. ὀξυ- acid + -κρᾱτος (in comp.) mixed.]
A mixture of vinegar and water.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 27/2 Cause the patient to washe his mouth with a little Oxycrate. 1601Holland Pliny II. 422 If a man be poisoned with taking venomous mushroms, he shall find means to auoid the danger thereof by drinking nitre in oxycrat or vineger & water mingled together. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 68 Cover the body with Cloths dipt in Oxycrate. |
