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† ˈmelicrate Obs.
Also 6 melicrat, mellicrate.
[ad. late L. melicrātum, ad. Gr. µελίκρᾱτον (-κρητον), f. µέλι honey + κρᾰ-, κεραννύναι to mix.]
A drink made with honey and water.
1563T. Hill Art Garden. (1593) 80 A spoonfull of mellicrate. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xviii. 28 The leaues..dronken with Meade or Melicrat..it healeth the Sciatica. 1584Cogan Haven Health (1636) 198 Eat nothing at all, or else, but a little melicrate. 1775Sir E. Barry Obs. Wines 389 Its comparative strength with that of melicrate, or water and honey.
Hence † melicrated a., made by mixing water and honey.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 100 The rule of confecting Melicrated mulsa. |