单词 | gregory's powder |
释义 | > as lemmasGregory's powder The ‘compound powder of rhubarb’ (Pulvis rhei composita) of the British Pharmacopœia. Usually called Gregory's powder. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > powder > [noun] > specific powders > prepared from plants oculus lucidusc1425 orris1545 orris powder?1600 Jesuits' powder1659 Gregory-powder1886 1850 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. 163 Gregory's Powder.] 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/2 However beautifully the Gregory powder of morality is apparelled in the currant jelly of story and incident. 1897 A. D. Ramsay Everyday Life Turkey viii. 265 He made a face like a child at a dose of ‘Gregory’. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 606 She once forced me to swallow a gregory-powder. < as lemmas |
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