stomachical, a. and n.
(stəʊˈmækɪkəl)
[f. stomachic + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. = stomachic a. 1.
| 1601 Holland Pliny xx. xvii. II. 66 Dieuches used..to give also the seed beaten to pouder with Mints in wine, for..the defluxion Stomachicall. 1651 Biggs New Disp. §285 Whatsoever is taken in a surfet, above the native power of the stomachicall ferment. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 38. 3/2 You must Chasten your Belly, And forbear the Stomachical Prizes. 1822 L. Sturgeon (title) Essays, Moral, Philosophical, and Stomachical, on the..Science of Good-living. |
2. = stomachic a. 3.
| 1603 F. Herring Cert. Rules (1625) B 2, Take three or foure cordiall and stomachicall pilles. 1725 Bradley's Family Dict. s.v. Balm, Balm-mint..is stomachical, cordial, and excites the Appetite and Wind. |
† B. n. = stomachic B Obs.
| 1657 Physical Dict., Stomachicals, medicines peculiar to the stomach. 1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg., These are inferiour to no stomachicals in the whole World. |
Hence stoˈmachically adv.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 565 As when they say, A Man swoons stomachically. 1898 Daily News 12 Jan. 6/6 He seemed to suddenly double up as if stomachically stricken. |