methiumn.
Compositorial error for mithridatum n. in an official list of drugs, taken over into a list of drugs of economic importance.
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?1608 Rates Marchandizes (rev. ed.) sig. C2 Druggs..Methium venetiæ the pound..x.s. [all other eds. have Methridat Venetiæ].
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 81 Drugs, as Mechoacan, Kermez, Methium, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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