单词 | aqua mirabilis |
释义 | aqua mirabilisn. Obsolete. ‘The wonderful water, prepared of cloves, galangals, cubebs, mace, cardomums, nutmegs, ginger, and spirit of wine, digested twenty-four hours, then distilled’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific barley waterc1320 oak-water?1523 hydrelaeon?1550 plantain-water1588 lily-water1599 napha water1600 cowslip-water1612 water of magnanimity1659 succory water1670 lime-water1682 onion-water1694 pennyroyal water1699 balm-water1712 forge-water1725 laurel-water1731 aqua mirabilis1736 tar-water1740 milk of lime1784 laurel-cherry water1787 fly-water1815 herb-water1886 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 24 Take..Plague-water and Aqua Mirabilis. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 194 Gin ye take a morning's draught, let it be aqua mirabilis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1736 |
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