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Gregory-powder
Also shortened Gregory.
[f. the name of James Gregory, a Scottish physician (1758–1822).]
The ‘compound powder of rhubarb’ (Pulvis rhei composita) of the British Pharmacopœia. Usually called Gregory's powder.
[1850H. Beasley Druggist's Rec. Bk. 163 Gregory's Powder.] 1886Pall Mall G. 28 Aug. 4/2 However beautifully the Gregory powder of morality is apparelled in the currant jelly of story and incident. 1897Ramsay Every Day Life Turkey viii. 265 He made a face like a child at a dose of ‘Gregory’. 1898Blackw. Mag. Nov. 606 She once forced me to swallow a gregory-powder. |