oxymel
/ˈɒksɪmɛl/Now historical
noun
A medicinal drink or syrup made of vinegar and honey, sometimes with other ingredients.
- oxymel of squills noun oxymel made with bulbs of the squill, Drimia maritima..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From post-classical Latin oxymel, oxymelle, variants of classical Latin oxymeli mixture of vinegar and honey from ancient Greek ὀξύμελι from ὀξυ- + μέλι honey.
- prismatic color
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- prismatic powder
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- prismato-nacreous
- prism binocular
- prismed
- prismic
- prismoid
- prismoidal formula
- prism train
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