单词 | theriac |
释义 | theriacn.adj. archaic. A. n. An antidote to poison, esp. to the bite of a venomous serpent; = treacle n. 1.The flesh of the viper was formerly held to be a necessary ingredient of the antidote to its bite (see quot. 1608 at α. ); hence many references in the figurative uses of theriac and treacle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] atterlothec1000 treacle1340 theriaclec1400 theriacc1440 mithridate1528 antidote1543 counter-poison1548 pazar1563 antidotary1583 alexipharmac1585 alexipharmacum1590 bezoar1597 alexitery1604 corrector1605 counterbane1605 alexipharmacal1608 correctory1608 corrective1612 alexipharmic1628 alexiteric1655 deletery1657 obsistent1657 vincetoxic1658 bezoardic1671 alexiterial1673 alexiterian1681 therial1912 α. β. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1118 Also tiriake [v.r. Tyriake] Ys good to take and..Heeld on theyr rootes ofte.γ. 1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest vii. sig. B4v Ane half vnce of guid auld theriac.1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1005 Oyl of Quinces is commended as the certain Theriack for this disease.1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 160 The great number of Vipers, brought to the Grand Duke of Toscany for the composing of Theriac or Treacle.1696 S. Jeake, Jr. in S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία sig. b2v As when the skilful Artist to compose His mighty Theriaque; Weighs the Critick Dose.1751 Student 2 No. 9. 344 When the disease was young, it was mitigated with..crabs eyes;..theriac and vinegar.1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. i. v. 108 Tiriak of Khutta, a medicine..then in high repute as an antidote.1890 Athenæum 19 Apr. 496/3 Such tisane or theriac as the science of the time could furnish.c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 175 Tyriaca is god drenc wiþ innoþ tydernessum. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 290 Nime þonne ane lytle snæd þæs tyriacan & gemenge.] 1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. 120 This excellent triacle Methridatum is nexte in qualitye and virtue to Theriaca..but onely Theriaca is a little hotter and stronger againste venyme of Snakes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxix. i. 348 See what account there is made of a composition called Theriall [Errata: Theriace]. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 305 Theriace or Triacle, not onely because it cureth the venomous byting of Serpents, but also because the Serpents themselues are vsually mingled in the making thereof. 1765 Universal Mag. 37 237/1 He.. took..a large dose of theriaca with wine. 1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Theriaca Andromachi, the Venice or Mithridate treacle... Theriaca communis, common treacle, or molasses... Theriaca Londinensis, a cataplasm of cummin seed, bay-berries, germander, snake~root, cloves and honey.] B. adj. = theriacal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [adjective] repugnant?a1425 theriacc1440 corrective1541 antidotary1599 theriacal1603 alexitery1604 alexipharmacal1608 alexipharmatical1608 alexipharmical1608 alexiterial1608 antidotical1608 bezoardicala1644 antidotal1646 alexipharmic1659 alexipharmac1661 alexiterical1665 bezoardic1671 alexiteric1696 alexiterian1775 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1100 Vyn tiriake [L. vīnum tiriacum; v.r. Vyntariake] is also now to make..The bite of euery best me shal escape. 1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) at Theriaca Theriac and Theriacal have been used adjectively for medicinal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1440 |
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